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.

The decision by the administration to openly defy a court order could mark a new escalation of President Trump’s feud with the judiciary and trigger

The Trump administration 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,