The Trump administration has admitted “inadvertently” deporting a transgender woman back to her home country, despite of a court order that ruled she should not be removed there because of a risk of her being tortured.

In a court filing last week, officials acknowledged that Britania Uriostegui Rios was deported to Mexico, in violation of a court order granted on 14 March .

The US government is now working to return Rios to the US, where she will be taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents until they decide on a different country to which she can sent. Her legal team are suing the administration to force them to release her from custody when she returns to the US.

Rios, who has a lengthy criminal record , is a legal resident of the US after entering the cou

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