A mega-prison where visitation and education are not allowed became Trump's latest tool in his crackdown on immigration, when hundreds of immigrants facing deportation were transferred there.

President Donald Trump thanked the country of El Salvador and its president, Nayib Bukele, for accepting members of the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gangs, calling them “monsters” who were only in the country because of “Crooked Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats.

Confusion over the timing of a deportation operation to El Salvador has led to questions about whether the administration defied a judge’s order, in removing people the White House says are members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.