El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there.

Venezuelan gang members were deported from the U.S. under the Trump administration amid a judge issuing a court order against it. NBC News' Danny Cevallos breaks down the legality of the deportations used with the Alien Enemies Act.

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sought to remove a judge who ordered the Trump administration to explain whether it defied a court order by deporting hundreds of Venezuelans the White House says are violent criminals.

Family members of Venezuelan migrants who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador as part of a rapid U.S. deportation operation over the weekend are struggling to get more information as a legal battle plays out.

Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday that Venezuelans deported over the weekend to El Salvador by the United States have been denied due process. The lawmaker added during a press conference that the people deported under a Trump administration claim that they belong to the Tren de Aragua gang are not known to have committed any crimes in the United States or El Salvador,

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied allegations that President Donald Trump‘s administration willfully ignored a federal judge’s orders to return two flights full of alleged Venezuelan gang members.