his name is gonzolo curiel. >> reporter: he became the target of trump's scathing and frequent attacks. >> the judge was pointed by barack obama. federal judge. frankly, he should recuse himself. >> i belief he happens to be spanish, which is fine. he's hispanic. which is fine. and we haven't asked for recusal, which we may do, but we have a judge who's very hostile. should have been thrown out. >> reporter: mr. trump arguing the judge was biased because of his, quote, mexican heritage. the judge was born in indiana. >> he's mexican. we're building a wall between here and mexico. the answer is, he's giving us very unfair ruling. >> reporter: this march the judge approved a $25 million settlement between trump university and students who claim they overpaid for semin s seminars. mr. trump never admitted any wrongdoing. as for judge curiel's current case, 25-year-old montez says he was arrested and deported for no reason. when he tried to re-enter the country again, he says he was deported back to mexico. he has daca status which shields undocumented immigrants from being deported if the