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 has criticized a federal judge’s attempt to stop the President Donald Trump administration’s recent deportation flights. White House said that the judge’s move was deemed “too late” by the Central American leader who accepted the deportations over the weekend.