Overview

• Over 200 alleged gang members, primarily Venezuelans, were deported to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order halting the process.
• The Trump administration invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a wartime law, to justify the deportations, which critics argue was an overreach of executive power.
• El Salvador agreed to house the deportees in exchange for U.S. financial support, placing them in high-security prisons known for severe human rights abuses.
• The Supreme Court condemned Trump’s attacks on judicial independence after he called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who had blocked the deportations.
• International protests, including from Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, continue as human rights organizations decry the deportations as unlawful and inhumane.