Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino arrived in Houston last fall with approval to travel to the United States through the refugee system, having already been vetted by the government and eager to start a new life in Texas with his family.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday is due to consider whether to order Republican President Donald Trump's administration to facilitate the return to the U.S. of Venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador, potentially opening a new front in a major challenge to Trump's aggressive deportation policy.

The judge pressed a lawyer for the Justice Department on the government’s role and responsibilities in the men’s deportation and incarceration in El Salvador.