El Salvador has said that the United States has legal jurisdiction over deported migrants being held in the Central American country, court documents show. In mid-March, Trump sent 238 Venezuelans and 23 Salvadorans from the United States to the CECOT prison in El Salvador.

The government of El Salvador acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison, contradicting public statements by officials in both countries.

The Trump admin has argued that the men are now outside U.S. legal jurisdiction and no longer protected by constitutional rights.