A federal judge ruled that US authorities violated a court order by deporting eight men to South Sudan without allowing them to challenge their removal, BBC reported.

Judge Brian Murphy said the deportations “unquestionably” breached his injunction, which required that migrants be given a chance to object before being sent to third countries.

The Department of Homeland Security claimed the men were convicted criminals and that South Sudan was not their final destination. Justice Department lawyers argued the court order was unclear, but the judge rejected that claim, according to BBC.

The case comes as the Trump administration expands deportations and negotiates with countries to accept migrants, including those not originally from those nations.