Donald Trump has long fantasized instituting draconian punishments for all manner of crimes. The president has previously floated sending undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, instituting the death penalty for drug dealers, and bringing back firing squads as a method of execution. On Friday, Trump mused about sending American citizens who …
Read More »Trump, Musk, Rubio Entertain Sending U.S. Citizens to El Salvadorian Super Prison
On Monday, El Salvador’s president made a bizarre offer to the United States: We will take your prisoners. “We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,” President Nayib Bukele wrote on X. “We are willing to take in only convicted criminals …
Read More »Trump Developing Plan to Deport Migrants, Including Venezuelan Gang Members, to El Salvador: Report
The Trump administration is working on an asylum agreement with El Salvador. The deal would allow the United States to deport migrants who are not from El Salvador — including possibly Venezuelan gang members — to the small Central American nation to seek asylum, CBS News reported, citing two sources …
Read More »Jimmy Carter's Dark Legacy in El Salvador
President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday, is remembered as a humanitarian and a champion of human rights around the globe. His legacy, though, includes supporting a military regime in El Salvador during the beginning of the Salvadoran Civil War, including the assassination of Saint Óscar Romero. The United States sent …
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