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What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent hundreds of immigrants

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64% Informative

Hundreds of immigrants facing deportation were transferred to a mega-prison in El Salvador on Sunday .

The facility has eight sprawling pavilions and can hold up to 40,000 inmates.

A federal judge issued an order temporarily barring their deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration.

The migrants were deported after Trump ’s declaration of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 .

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64

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61

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69

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formal

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English

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58

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likely offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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