The ruling doesn’t apply to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man whose deportation became a focal point of Democratic resistance to Trump's immigration policies.

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled migrants sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador on flights in mid-March must be allowed to challenge their removal under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

A federal judge says the Trump administration must give migrants sent to an El Salvador prison a chance to challenge their removals. U.S.