This latest case, in which lawyers argue their client had no proven links to MS-13, adds to the growing judicial and public scrutiny about the deportations to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison.

The United States transported another group of alleged gang members to El Salvador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday, amid the Trump administration's policy to ship detainees to the Central American country.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended a video she took while touring a mega prison in El Salvador last week, arguing that it was an image people needed to see for transparency—and to scare those in the country illegally.

President Donald Trump is set to host El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in Washington next month, according to Bukele’s office, after the Central American leader agreed to jail hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members deported from the US.

The deportations came as the ACLU is fighting the removal of alleged members of Tren de Aragua under the Alien Enemies Act.

Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from stripping protection from deportation for some Venezuelan immigrants. In a case brought by the National TPS Alliance,

Lawyers for a small group of Venezuelan men are urging the Supreme Court not to let President Donald Trump resume deportations of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members without due process, warning that the men could face life imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison if deported.