Department of Homeland Security officials spoke out Wednesday against a federal court’s ruling for the Trump administration to bring back an illegal immigrant deported to El Salvador who is wanted for homicide.

DHS condemned the ruling and referred to the immigrant, Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron, as a “serial criminal illegal alien” in a post on X.

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“This ruling is completely at odds with President Trump’s duty to faithfully execute federal law,” DHS posted.

The New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued the ruling on Tuesday, informing the administration it must take action to retrieve Melgar-Salmeron “as soon as possible” after officials violated an agreement with the court by deporting him a day earlier than the court would allow and roughly 30 minutes after the court granted him a stay of removal.

The removal is argued to be the result of “a confluence of administrative errors,” according to the court documents.

Melgar-Salmeron, originally from El Salvador, was first ordered to be removed by the Board of Immigration Appeals on Oct. 23, 2023, but his deportation was ordered to be postponed in January 2024 under the Biden administration. He was ultimately deported to his home country on May 7, according to Politico.

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Melgar-Salmeron was wanted by authorities in El Salvador for homicide and criminal conspiracy before coming to the United States. He entered the country illegally and was then convicted of several crimes related to MS-13 gang activity, consequently being removed by ICE on July 16, 2012. Afterward, he entered the country again illegally and was then convicted of possession of an unregistered firearm, ultimately being sentenced to two years in prison, according to DHS.

The court is requiring officials to locate Melgar-Salmeron by next week and to provide a plan to retrieve him. He is the fourth illegal immigrant the Trump administration has been ordered to bring back to the U.S. following deportation since March.