NEW: Per a senior Trump admin official, there were 261 illegal aliens deported to El Salvador yesterday.

137 via the Alien Enemies Act of 1798

101 were Venezuelans removed via Title 8 (regular immigration proceedings)

21 were Salvadoran MS-13 gang members

2 were “special cases” for El Salvador (Bukele posted that the U.S. returned two MS-13 ringleaders to El Salvador)

Some of the rap sheets for those removed include the following:

- Kidnapping
- Sexual abuse of a child
- Robbery
- Aggravated assault on a police officer