The Trump administration has returned a Guatemalan man wrongly deported to Mexico, the first instance of compliance with a judge’s order to facilitate the return of a migrant challenging their removal.

The man, known in court documents at O.C.G., made contact with his attorneys after landing in the U.S., Trina Realmuto, executive director of the National Immigration Litigation Alliance, confirmed to The Hill.

Realmuto said they expect O.C.G. will be detained.

Justice Department lawyers told the court last week that they were working to secure a spot for O.C.G. on the return leg of a deportation flight.

Lawyers for the man contested his removal as part of a broader case before Massachusetts-based U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy.

O.C.G.’s attorneys have said their client is gay a

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