Trump administration deports hundreds of alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling
The Trump administration deported about 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members to a prison in El Salvador in March 2025 under a 1798 wartime law, and it was unclear whether the flights left before a federal judge ordered them stopped and turned around.
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