Yet he is now languishing in a Salvadoran megaprison, one of roughly 200 migrants deported without due process following Mr Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act last month. Sitting in the Oval Office,

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing his deportation to his native country over fears he would face persecution from local gangs. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him anyway to El Salvador, where he’s been held in a notorious prison.

Trump gets better marks for his hardline approach to immigration than he does on his handling of the economy, foreign policy or other issues, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows.