The judge pressed a lawyer for the Justice Department on the government’s role and responsibilities in the men’s deportation and incarceration in El Salvador.

A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s request to amend a ruling requiring the return of a Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador, citing due process.

A federal appeals court rejected on Monday a request by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans living in the United States.