A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of Bronx student Joel Camas , who despite having a special class of legal status was detained last month by federal immigration authorities.

Southern District of New York Judge Cathy Seibel made the ruling from the bench in White Plains nearly a month after Joel, a 16-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant, was taken into custody on Oct. 23 at his routine immigration check-in , according to his lawyers.

“While it’s a huge relief that Joel can finally go home, ICE should have never detained him in the first place,” said Elizabeth Gyori, senior staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union.

“By arresting a child with legal status at a routine check-in, ICE acted with brazen cruelty, broke U.S. law, and violated the Constitution,” Gyori added

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