Imprisonment is not deportation

The Trump Administration claims that it has deported criminal immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. This is a contradiction in terms.  Imprisonment and deportation are not interchangeable. Imprisonment, or incarceration, is the confinement of an individual in a correctional facility as a punishment for committing a crime. It is a core component of the criminal justice system.   

On the other hand, deportation is the formal process of expelling a non-citizen from a country and returning them to their country of origin or another country where they have the right to reside. The primary basis for deportation lies in violations of immigration laws or visa violations.  
Detainees sent to a prison are inmates, whether in the U.S. or another country. They remain under the jurisdiction of the U.S. and can be returned to court on the order of a judge.  The Trump Administration has unlawfully imprisoned the detainees sent to El Salvador and needs to return them to the U.S. to allow them to pursue their due process rights. Prison without due process is a concentration camp. 

Michael Morton, Whitefish