An earlier court proceeding had determined that the man risked persecution or torture if returned to Guatemala but 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.

In recent years, kids stayed in Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters for about a month. By April, that had climbed to 217 days, with many kids stranded indefinitely.