The Trump administration on Wednesday received a harsh judicial upbraiding over its policy of sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to detain people in immigration court.

In the underlying case, Carlos Javier Lopez Benitez, a Paraguayan immigrant, alleged he was "violently detained" during such an ICE sweep at an otherwise uneventful immigration hearing in New York City in late July. After being sent to an ICE facility in the Houston metro area, his attorneys filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus .

Now, in a 31-page amended opinion and order , U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, a Joe Biden appointee, formally granted the petition and closed the case – having previously ordered Lopez Benitez's release and return from Texas in a bench ruling earlier this month.

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