White House denies defying judge's order over deportations to El Salvador
US removes hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador despite court order to turn
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The White House has denied an accusation from rights groups that it flouted due process by defying a judge's order while carrying out deportations at the weekend.
A group of 238 alleged Venezuelan gang members, plus 23 alleged members of the international MS-13 gang, were sent from the US to a prison in El Salvador. Some were removed from the country under a law not invoked since World War Two.
The move came despite a temporary block issued by a judge. The White House said the judge's order itself was not lawful and was issued after the group was deported.
Neither the US government nor El Salvador has identified the detainees, or provided details of their alleged criminality or gang membership.
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