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The deportation of El Salvador immigrants comes only a day after the Trump administration was temporarily blocked from transferring migrants by a US federal judge.
El Salvador immigrants being deported (Credits: Screengrab of video shared by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on X/@SecRubio)
Despite a US federal judge temporarily blocking deportation, the Trump administration has deported hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador, where they were taken to a high-security prison, reported Reuters.
US President Donald Trump also shared a video on Truth Social, his social media platform, referring to the immigrants as “monsters”. He also thanked the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, for “understanding the horrible situation”.
“These are the monsters sent into our Country by Crooked Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats. How dare they! Thank you to El Salvador and, in particular, President Bukele, for your understanding of this horrible situation, which was allowed to happen to the United States because of incompetent Democrat leadership. We will not forget!,” wrote Trump on X, sharing a video that shows the migrants being deported to El Salvador’s prison system.
This comes only a day after a federal judge in Washington temporarily prohibited Trum from invoking the Alien Enemies Act, hours after it was invoked.
James E Boasberg, chief judge for the US District Court, said that he had to immediately pass an order preventing Trump from deporting as the administration was already transporting migrants to El Salvador and Honduras for detention.
Notably, El Salvador agreed to take back up to 300 migrants classified as Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members by the Trump administration.
“Over the years, Venezuelan national and local authorities have ceded ever-greater control over their territories to transnational criminal organisations, including TdA,” Trump earlier said in an official statement.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who negotiated an earlier deal with Bukele to take back the immigrants, posted on X, “We sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save our taxpayer dollars.”
We have sent 2 dangerous top MS-13 leaders plus 21 of its most wanted back to face justice in El Salvador. Also, as promised by @POTUS, we sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will…— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) March 16, 2025
Trump recently invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1978, leading to the deportation of immigrants. This law has only been used three times in US history—during the War of 1812 and the two World Wars. It allows the president to declare the country at war and gives him special powers to detain or remove foreign nationals who would normally be protected under immigration or criminal laws. The last time it was used was during World War II to detain Japanese-American civilians.
Trump Administration Denies Defying Court Orders
According to a report by the New York Times, the Trump administration has denied defying court orders to temporarily block the deportation of immigrants. White House said that the president had the authority to remove them quickly under an 18th-century law designed for wartime.
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, stated that federal courts “have no jurisdiction” over the president’s handling of foreign affairs or his authority to expel foreign enemies, according to The New York Times.
“A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from US soil,” she said in a statement, as reported by The New York Times.
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