Over 200 migrants who were sent to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison under accusations that they were members of a violent criminal gang are the responsibility of the United States, the government of El Salvador told a United Nations working group.

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

Salvadoran officials have acknowledged that more than 130 Venezuelan migrants at a megaprison in El Salvador remain under U.S. responsibility, contradicting the Trump administration’s claims that it lacks authority over the men.