US President Donald Trump’s administration admitted on Friday that the deportation of a man identified as OCG was based on erroneous information. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said that there was no record of the man telling ICE that he was not afraid to go back to Mexico, attributing the error to an agency software tool.

According to the defendant’s notice of errata, a document filed with the court to correct errors in a previously filed legal document, there was a mistake in the statement made on March 25, 2025. An ICE officer asked OCG if he was afraid to return to Mexico, to which the man allegedly answered that he was not.

ICE acknowledged that they could not find any officer who asked OCG whether he feared returning to Mexico or the officer who allegedly told him that he was being deported to Mexico. ICE noted, however, that the individual was notified of his removal to Mexico, implying that despite the agency not being able to confirm everything previously claimed, OCG received notice of his deportation.

OCG’s case is part of a separate legal challenge to the administration’s “third country” deportation policy that allows the US to send immigrants to other countries if their home nations refuse to take them in.

Additionally, the Trump administration has attempted to invoke the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used wartime law that would fast-track the deportation of individuals deemed “terrorists” or “gang members.” On Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled that individuals deported under the act are entitled to due process and reasonable notice.

Rights groups have expressed concerns that people will be mistakenly targeted when the act is used for mass deportations. Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated: “The Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for mass deportations shows that the act is incompatible with international human rights law … Congress should immediately repeal the dangerous and antiquated law.”