A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to return a Colombian woman to the United States after ruling that officials most likely violated federal law by deporting her to the Democratic Republic of Congo despite the country's refusal to accept her.
U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata, 55, was likely deported illegally after Congolese authorities informed Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they could not accept her because of her medical conditions, which include diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypothyroidism.
