An earlier court proceeding had determined that the man risked persecution or torture if he returned to Guatemala, but he also feared returning to Mexico, where he says he was raped and extorted.

US immigration officials are “working” on flying back a Guatemalan migrant who says he was wrongly deported to Mexico, according to new court filings, in what appears to mark the first time the Trump administration has made plans to bring back a migrant after a judge ordered the administration to facilitate their return.

The Trump administration is trying to return a Guatemalan national, named “O.C.G.” in court filings, who was deported to Mexico earlier this month.