A majority of the justices concluded that the Venezuelan migrants had brought their cases in the wrong court but that they were entitled to an opportunity to challenge their removal.
The Trump administration sought to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport more than 100 Venezuelans to the Terrorist Confinement Center prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last month, prompting a legal challenge.
Judge Paula Xinis, who has ordered that the Trump administration return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, also rejected a request to pause that order.
Jennifer Stefania Vasquez Sura, wife of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, listening to her husband’s attorney speak at the Federal District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on Friday.
A federal judge said officials had acted without “legal basis” last month when they arrested the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and put him on a plane to a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Jennifer Stefania Vasquez Sura, who is married to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, celebrated the judge’s decision on Friday with a cheering crowd of supporters.
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