Judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely illegal’
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had refused to accept her.
The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday.

Quiroz Zapata has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Still waiting to hear what Adriana Mar actually plans to do about it.
The fact that the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday really puts things into perspective.
Think about it: the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday. That speaks volumes.
When you look at judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely, the implications are hard to ignore.
What stands out is the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday. That is the part worth paying attention to.
On one hand the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday. But at the same time judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely.
Basically judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Quiroz Zapata has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
In other words the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday. Curious to see how this develops.
Reading that the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday — hard to argue with the logic there.
In other words judge called Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata’s deportation to the Democratic Republic of Congo ‘likely. Curious to see how this develops.
Quiroz Zapata is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
The bigger issue here is the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday. That changes the calculation.
If the deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata “was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.