The Donald Trump administration’s third country deportations, a new policy he came up with where a migrant is sent to a third country where he has no ties, suffered a major setback after a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US. Adriana María Queiroz Zapata, 55, was deported to the Democratic Republic of Congo, although the DRC refused to accept her. US District Court Judge Richard J. Lyons for DC ordered the woman to be brought back as soon as possible and ordered the Trump administration to provide a status update by 5 pm Friday on steps taken to facilitate her return, The New York Times reported.Queiroz Zapata entered the United States in August 2024 after fleeing Colombia and his former partner, a man bound by the Colombian National Police. She received a court order not to send her back to Colombia because she might face abuse at home. The Trump administration sought a third country to deport Queiroz Zapata, but the DRC refused to formally admit him in April because the country could not adequately guarantee the necessary medical assistance, the document said. The woman has diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypothyroidism.Two days after the DRC’s denial, Queiroz Zapata was placed on an expulsion flight from the US to the DRC on April 16, where he remains today.“The government deported him to the DRC anyway,” the judge wrote. He added, “Therefore, sending the plaintiff to the DRC was probably illegal.” The judge said Queiroz Zapata was “likely to succeed” in his argument that deporting him to the DRC was “likely to violate the Immigration and Nationality Act.”The judge wrote, “There is no question that Plaintiff meets the irreparable harm standard. She has been deported to a country that refused to accept her because they could not provide adequate medical care.” “As a result, he faces daily risk of medical complications, up to and including death.”