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Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s Wednesday trip to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and…

The Independent UK

Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador

The Guardian - US

Trump administration refuses to answer judge’s questions over El Salvador deportation flights, citing ‘state secrets’

Officials tell Judge Boasberg that ‘no further information will be provided’ after a weeklong standoff

The Independent UK

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Trump Admin Invokes State Secrets Clause To Avoid Explaining Swift Deportation Of Venezuelans To El Salvador

In a Monday filing, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other DOJ officials argued that disclosing flight details would endanger national security and foreign relations

Latin Times

Trump claims the right to deport anyone

Judge Patricia Millett said the Trump administration is claiming the right to unilaterally expel anyone it wants

Salon

Venezuelan migrants deported by the US ended up in a Salvadoran prison. This is their legal status

The U.S. government used an 18th-century wartime law to deport nearly 300 Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison

The Independent UK

Venezuelan Dad Deported to Salvadoran Prison Was Family Man Who Worked for DoorDash

Alirio Guillermo Belloso Fuenmayor’s wife is trying to find a way to get him released and home to Venezuela.

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Venezuela-hired lawyers file petition in El Salvador in effort to free Venezuelans deported by US

Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed legal action Monday in El Salvador aimed at freeing the 238 Venezuelans deported by the United States who are being held in a Salvadoran maximum-security prison

The Independent UK

Appeals court panel appears divided on Trump's deportation of immigrants under wartime law

A panel of appeals court judges appeared divided Monday on a Trump administration push to lift an order blocking deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law

The Independent UK

Venezuelan immigrants deported from US to Venezuela via Honduras

In apparent deal between three countries, Venezuelan official said country would resume accepting US deportees

The Guardian - US

US deportation flights to Venezuela resume after deal reached

The first flight carrying 199 migrants from Venezuela from the US landed on Monday.

Euronews

Trump border czar Tom Homan says administration will not defy court order on deportation flights

Donald Trump’s border czar seems to suggest the administration will not defy a judge’s order on deportation flights to El Salvador.

The Independent UK

Return of High-Profile MS-13 Leader To El Salvador Could Suggest Trump Administration Prioritizes Mass Deportations: Report

Among those deported to El Salvador was César Humberto López Larios, one of the original members of the "Twelve Apostles of the Devil," a group considered foundational to the establishment and expansion of MS-13's influence across the U.S. and Latin America.

Latin Times

Trump White House could let federal agents search homes without warrants under Alien Enemies Act

Justice Department official says ‘terrorists don’t get to hide behind closed doors’ as legal experts sound alarm

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“Inhumane”: Professional Soccer Player Deported To ‘World’s Worst Prison’ Over Misinterpreted Tattoo

A professional soccer player was deported to El Salvador because one of his tattoos looked related to a criminal gang. The post “Inhumane”: Professional Soccer Player Deported To ‘World’s Worst Prison’ Over Misinterpreted Tattoo first appeared on Bored Panda.

Latin Times

Canadian Lawmaker Goes on Anti-Trump Rant, Says Nationals Are Now At Risk Of Being 'Deported to Some El Salvadoran Concentration Camp'

Charlie Angus warned that Canadian nationals could face deportation to third countries if the Trump administration continues to implement a centuries-old wartime act

Fortune

After the Justice Department charged three people with vandalizing Tesla property, the president floated sending the accused to prisons in El Salvador

The president recently used a 200-year-old law to deport Venezuelan migrants to the central American nation.

Latin Times

Trump Stands By Swift Deportation Of Venezuelans Despite Legal Showdown: 'That's What Our Country Needs'

He also added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has "got the authority to get bad people out of our country" and that "you can't stop that with a judge sitting behind a bench that has no idea what goes on"

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Where immigrants are sent to "disappear"

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

The Guardian - UK

‘Deported because of his tattoos’: has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art?

US claims tattoos prove membership of Tren de Aragua gang but relatives describe tributes to God, family and Real Madrid

Latin Times

ICE Deported Professional Soccer Player After 'I Love You' Sign Language Symbol Was Interpreted as Gang Sign: Affidavit

An asylum seeker was deported to El Salvador under the Aliens Enemy Act after ICE accused him of gang membership based on a tattoo and hand gesture.

The Independent UK

Trump administration deported Venezuelan asylum seeker over Real Madrid tattoo, court documents say

ICE has baselessly accused immigrants who fled torture of being members of the gang they escaped, lawyers say

The Guardian - US

US deportees face brutal conditions in El Salvador mega-prison: ‘Severe overcrowding, inadequate food’

Political scientist Mneesha Gellman on Cecot, targeting of innocuous tattoos, and Bukele-Trump parallels

The Independent UK

Justice Department motion tells federal deportation judge to be ‘more respectful’

The Court’s actions ‘represent grave usurpations of the President’s power,’ lawyers say

The Guardian - AU

What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent deported Venezuelans

The US has sent hundreds of migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in Cecot, a controversial prison known for its harsh conditions

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