An unidentified speaker on the congressional record defended "Judge Jeb Bozberg," saying the judge enjoined what the speaker called a mass roundup and deportation of immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which the speaker described as "explicitly limited to wartime and military invasion." The speaker said the action prevented planes carrying people to El Salvador from proceeding.

The speaker described one person on the flight, identified in the remarks as Kilmer Garcia, as a Maryland resident married to a U.S. citizen with a 5-year-old son with autism. "He went to pick up his son, but he was picked up first by ICE," the speaker said, adding that Garcia was "shackled and put on that airplane and shipped off to the torturers of El Salvador without ever having the benefit of those two most beautiful words in the English language, due process." The speaker said Garcia was not told of charges or given a hearing.

The speaker said the administration later acknowledged that sending Garcia had been a mistake and that "he was not actually a gang banger" and "was not a criminal." The speaker criticized the administration's stated inability to remedy the case because Garcia was no longer in U.S. custody, saying the man remained in the custody of El Salvadorian authorities.

The remarks also cited political pushback against the judge. "Some of our colleagues want to impeach him," the speaker said, and added that colleagues had displayed wanted-style signs with judges' names and faces in the Cannon House Office Building.

The speaker framed the dispute as one of due process and limits on executive authority in immigration enforcement. No formal votes or courtroom decisions were announced during the remarks, and the record does not show any immediate legislative action resulting from the statements.