Trump Administration Sends More Migrants to El Salvador Despite Ongoing Legal Fight Over Deportations

Sunday’s flight comes despite a judge temporarily blocking the deportations.

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An image post online by El Salvador's President Bukele of migrants being unloaded from American planes at San Salvador. X.com

The Trump administration is deporting more suspected members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador but says it didn’t use a centuries-old wartime law that is subject to a court battle after a federal judge temporarily blocked the practice.

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