(CNN) – The Trump administration admitted it mistakenly deported a transgender woman to Mexico.

A judge ordered Briania Rios to be deported in March – 22 years after she entered the United States.

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That decision came after she was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon in Las Vegas.

But the judge also blocked the government from deporting her to her native Mexico.

That’s because Mexico is widely considered a dangerous country for trans people.

The judge found there was a likelihood she could face torture there.

But her attorneys say Rios was sent to Mexico anyway this month without money, her daily medications or a cell phone.

The U.S. government is now promising she will be allowed back into the U.S. if she can make it to the border.

She would then b

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