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       President Nayib Bukele, left, of El Salvador hosted Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month.Credit...Pool photo by Mark Schiefelbein

       U.S. deported hundreds in the face of a judge’s order Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced yesterday that hundreds of Venezuelans accused of being gang members were sent from the U.S. to El Salvador, a day after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to cease such deportations.

       The timing of the flights could determine if the Trump administration ignored an explicit court order. The judge issued his order shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday in Washington, but video posted from El Salvador shows deportees disembarking at night. El Salvador is two time zones behind Washington. President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador posted a screenshot yesterday on social media about the judge’s order, with a message: “Oopsie… Too late.”

       Context: President Trump’s administration hopes that the agreement — which involves paying El Salvador to take suspected gang members — will be the beginning of a larger effort. The administration wants to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to arrest and deport Venezuelan gang members without the due process afforded to immigrants for decades. That law is best known for its role in the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

       Reactions: The Venezuelan government said in a statement yesterday that the attempt to apply the act “constitutes a crime against humanity.”

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       Ukrainian military vehicles in the Sumy region near the border with Russia’s Kursk region in January.Credit...Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times

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