Military-style Humvees are parked along the border wall in Brownsville, Texas, where Britania Uriostegui Rios was deported to Mexico. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images

The Trump administration admitted it “inadvertently” deported a transgender woman to Mexico this month after a judge ordered she not be removed to the country over fears she may be tortured or violently persecuted.

The government has said it will allow Britania Uriostegui Rios, a Mexican national, to return to the US if she is able to make it to the border. Once she has returned, she will be placed back in ICE custody while the administration tries to deport her to a different country, court documents show.

The case marks the latest example of the Trump administration wrongfully removing someone protected by court order

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