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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Jim Manzon

CECOT CBS 60 Minutes Delay Linked to Trump Deportee Plan — Tax Dollars Down $150K+

Deportees at El Salvador’s CECOT face uncertain futures amid rising media scrutiny of Trump’s immigration policies. (PHOTO: Milad Fakurian/Unsplash)

CBS's flagship investigative programme, 60 Minutes, has abruptly shelved a high-cost segment examining the controversial El Salvador megaprison housing US deportees, prompting fresh concerns about media accountability and the real price Americans are paying for President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

The iconic newsmagazine confirmed that the segment titled 'Inside CECOT' would be broadcast at a later date rather than its scheduled Sunday slot. The timing has raised eyebrows, coming just days after Trump publicly praised CBS's new owners, the Ellison family, at a rally in North Carolina on Friday.

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