The request from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher comes after the government of El Salvador, in a report by the United Nations submitted in a separate lawsuit, said that the migrants sent by the U.S. to CECOT are under the authority of the United States.

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

El Salvador has formally stated that legal custody of over 130 Venezuelan migrants detained in its maximum-security prison remains with the United States