The Trump administration is working to return an illegal migrant to the U.S. so he can have proper due process proceedings, according to a court filing.

U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston on Friday ordered the administration to facilitate the return of the gay Guatemalan man after officials acknowledged an error in his case. The man said he had been deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there.

The judge issued the order days after the Justice Department notified him that its claim the man had expressly stated he was not afraid of being sent to Mexico was based on erroneous information.

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