Despite court order, Trump deports hundreds of migrants

16 Mar 2025, 20:10 by Darryl Coote & Adam Schrader · UPI

March 16 (UPI) -- Using the Alien Enemies Act, President Donald Trump's administration has deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants from the United States to El Salvador whom it alleges are gang members despite a court order preventing their expulsion.

The Trump administration has said the migrants are members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua and, rather than deporting them to their home country, has arranged a deal with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, according to posts on social media from Bukele and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.