Lower courts have temporarily blocked the government’s use of a wartime law to send Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison.

The Trump administration has continued to deny that it violated a court order barring it from deporting alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

President Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for the young leader.

Trump administration official visits El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held - US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca

Invoking a 1798 law, the US president has sent hundreds of alleged gang members to high-security prison called 'black hole of human rights'

Noem, 53, arrived at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), where 250 suspected Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members were shipped from the US by President Trump earlier this month.

The temporary restraining order is aimed at protecting migrants from deportation to countries other than those identified in immigration proceedings.

The Trump administration is taking its fight over deportations to the Supreme Court, asking justices to lift a lower court block on flights to a notorious prison in El Salvador.