Judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to DRC back to the US
Key takeaways
- Adriana María Quiroz Zapata has been staying at a hotel in Kinshasa, where she is rarely let out and only with supervision.
- The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday.
- Quiroz Zapata, 55, who has diabetes and a thyroid condition, “has been sent to a country that refused to accept her because they cannot provide sufficient medical care”, the ruling said.
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Adriana María Quiroz Zapata has been staying at a hotel in Kinshasa, where she is rarely let out and only with supervision. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Adriana María Quiroz Zapata has been staying at a hotel in Kinshasa, where she is rarely let out and only with supervision. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images US immigration Judge orders Trump administration to return Colombian woman deported to DRC back to the USJudge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely illegal’
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had refused to accept her.
The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday.