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A California lawmaker is introducing a bill to stop funding El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison
The legislation highlights just how central a role El Salvador has taken in President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration agenda.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he fled gang violence in El Salvador. He became a political flashpoint in the US
“It’s been 50 days,” Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Abrego Garcia, told an audience in Washington’s Lafayette Square ... people who know him, reporting from the neighborhoods in El ...
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Trump’s 48-hour scramble to fly migrants to a Salvadoran prison
El Salvador ... people familiar with the plan. They were rescheduled for two days later. Manifests show the rescheduled flights were expected to carry 230 Venezuelans to Caracas. Hundreds of miles ...
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El Salvador becoming 'black hole' for US deportees, critics fear
Human Rights Watch, in a report last week, said El Salvador and the United States have subjected dozens of people to "enforced disappearances and arbitrary detention." At the CECOT, they are held ...
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El Salvador President Claims He Also Lacks the 'Power' to Return Wrongly Deported Maryland Father
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a lawful resident of the United States, was accidentally deported to El Salvador on March 15, where he remains in a notorious prison for terrorists El Salvador President ...
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Rubio Announces 10 More Deportations to El Salvador
The position taken by Trump officials was not the first time they had tried to defy efforts compelling them to seek Mr. Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador. Still, their continued ...
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Rubio says another 10 people have been sent to El Salvador
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that another 10 people have been sent to El Salvador amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. “Last night, another 10 criminals from ...
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El Salvador’s Exceptional Prison State
Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The people of El Salvador lived in fear of gangs for decades. Then President Nayib Bukele decided enough was enough. What happened next was a miracle ...
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Kristi Noem says El Salvador mega-prison photo op was to show the ‘consequence of someone who is a terrorist’: ‘People need to see that image’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledged Monday that she was trying to send a message to migrant gang members and the American people when ... inside El Salvador’s notorious mega ...
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Explainer: What is El Salvador's mega-prison that could take US criminals?
SAN SALVADOR ... of 0.60 sq meters (6.45 sq feet), a violation of international standards. Data from the World Prison Brief (WPB) says El Salvador has per capita the highest prison population ...
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The Wave of People Leaving El Salvador Will Rise
El Salvador is the smallest, most densely populated country in Central America. Located between Guatemala and Honduras, it is only 20,720 square kilometers of land, or 8,000 square miles. More than 25 ...
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Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Cell signal is blocked within a mile-and-a-half ... President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador declared a state of exception, which empowered police and the military to arrest people on suspicion ...