Suspected Venezuelan gang members and criminals were among the 17 migrants sent to El Salvador by the U.S. military.

The Trump administration says it has deported 17 more “violent criminals” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs to El Salvador, as it doubles down on a policy of removing people from the U.S. to third countries despite criticism over lack of transparency and human rights protections.

It’s not clear how Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents took custody of them, since New York City’s sanctuary laws strictly limit what information the NYPD and the city’s