A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to respond to allegations that it deported a Brown University professor despite being prohibited from doing so.

Several judges across the U.S. admonished the Trump administration this week for lying and 'cherry picking' data in its explanations for massive changes to the federal government.

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members.

Hundreds of mostly Venezuelan alleged gang members were deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador on Sunday, with the Trump administration invoking wartime powers to speed up removals despite a court ruling halting the move.

The White House maintained that the federal judge who ordered a halt to the Trump administration's recent deportation flights "had no lawful basis" to issue the order.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rushed to get two planes carrying 250 Tren de Aragua gang members in the air after a judge’s order blocking them was leaked,

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from removing any migrants under the Alien Enemies Act late Saturday—but the White House said Sunday that hundreds of alleged gang members had still been sent to El Salvador.