Donald Trump’s administration said Thursday that it might try to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if he successfully opens an asylum case, which experts say seems promising. Having already been illegally sent by the Trump administration to a Salvadoran prison where he said he was tortured, and …
Read More »Migrants Freed From El Salvador Prison Allege Torture
After spending four months incarcerated in El Salvador’s notoriously brutal prison system after President Donald Trump’s administration wrongfully sent them there, recently freed Venezuelan migrant men are speaking out about the abuse and torture they endured in the foreign gulag. The over 250 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration deported to …
Read More »El Salvador Admits U.S. Has Custody of Migrants Trump Sent to Prison There
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s unlawful transfer of hundreds of migrants to a torture prison in El Salvador, the administration claimed that it had no legal authority to bring them back to the United States. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele claimed, in turn, that he did not “have the …
Read More »Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Return of Another Wrongfully Deported Man
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to return a second migrant who was deported to El Salvador’s notorious prison system despite a previous court settlement barring their removal. It might be hard for the president and his officials to argue the ruling is the work of …
Read More »Trump Admin Tells Judge It Doesn't Have to Bring Back Man It Illegally Shipped to El Salvador
Days after the Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to “facilitate” the return of a man his administration illegally shipped to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador — allegedly the result of an “administrative error” — Trump’s administration is saying it has no responsibility to actually bring him home. Trump said …
Read More »Trump Admin Says Man It Illegally Deported to El Salvador Is 'Alive'
A State Department official said on Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man that Donald Trump’s administration illegally deported to El Salvador, is “alive and secure” in the Central American nation’s notorious mega-prison. “It is my understanding based on official reporting from our Embassy in San Salvador that Abrego …
Read More »Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo 'Lawless' Deportation to El Salvador
The judge overseeing the case of a Maryland man erroneously deported to El Salvador has reiterated that the Trump administration must return him to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, along with hundreds of other deportees from the U.S., is being held in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), which District …
Read More »ICE List Shows How Tattoos and Clothing Are Used to Label Immigrants as Gang Members
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has obtained a list from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that reveals just how terrifyingly easy it is for the government to designate a Venezuelan immigrant as an “Alien Enemy,” including allowing ICE officers to declare tattoos and items of clothing as containing gang …
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