A federal judge in Missouri on Monday ordered the immediate release of Afghan asylum seeker Mohammad Ali Dadfar, ruling that the government violated its own parole rule and the “constitutional right to due process” when it detained him without notice this fall.

The decision marks a major development in a case that has drawn concern from the Louisville community, where Dadfar had been living with his family for over a year while pursuing asylum through the Denver Immigration Court.

As of Monday, Dadfar was on his way back to Colorado to be reunited with his family, according to his immigration attorney, Tiago Guevara.

A former worker for the National Directorate of Security under the U.S.-backed Afghan government, Dadfar fled Afghanistan with his wife and four children after the Taliba

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