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Judge blocks Trump immigration move at one Texas prison - Roll Call

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from using a proclamation to deport migrants from one Texas detention center.

Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025

Joe Rogan Is Right: It Is 'Kind of Crazy' To Deport Innocent People Mistakenly Identified As Gang Members

The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.

Reason · Apr 2, 2025

US touts use of El Salvador prison with human rights concerns - Roll Call

The El Salvador prison where the Trump administration has sent migrants for detention has a reputation for human rights violations.

Roll Call · Apr 2, 2025

Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can’t get him back

Government argues it no longer has control over Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s fate

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025

Deported Venezuelans Vanish From U.S. Records, Remain Jailed Without Trial in El Salvador

When asked by The Associated Press whether detainees could be indefinitely held in El Salvador's CECOT prison, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem declined to clarify

Latin Times · Mar 29, 2025

Kristi Noem Uses El Salvador's Nightmarish Megaprison To Create Content

The Homeland Security secretary's use of El Salvador's largest prison for propaganda is unethical and an endorsement of an autocratic justice system.

Reason · Mar 27, 2025

At El Salvador Mega-jail, Trump Official Tells Migrants 'Do Not Come

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem recorded a message, saying, "Do not come to our country illegally. You will be removed and you will be prosecuted," at the maximum security Terrorism Confinement Center.

Latin Times · Mar 27, 2025

At El Salvador Mega-jail, Trump Official Tells Migrants 'Do Not Come'

US President Donald Trump's homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds.

International Business Times · Mar 26, 2025

Venezuelan Government Hires Lawyers To Defend Migrants As Fate Of Those Deported to El Salvador Remains Murky

Little is known about the legal status of Venezuelan migrants who were taken to El Salvador's mega-prison system. That may soon change.

Latin Times · Mar 26, 2025

Where immigrants are sent to "disappear"

The Trump administration is using an infamous prison in El Salvador as a legal "black hole"

Salon · Mar 21, 2025