A federal judge on Tuesday reaffirmed her order requiring the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported in March, saying the government violated a legal settlement by removing him before his asylum case had been resolved, Politico reported.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher ruled that the government must “facilitate” the return of the man, referred to in court as “Cristian” and identified by Politico as Daniel Lozano-Camargo, who was removed from the country under President Donald Trump’s order invoking the Alien Enemies Act. Lozano-Camargo had entered the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor and was seeking asylum.

“I don’t think that this is a case about whether or not Cristian is going to eventually get asylum. Whether he ultimately receives asylum is not the issue. The issue is, and has always been, one of process,” Gallagher said.

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