A federal appeals court ruled to uphold a lower court order on the case surrounding the deportation flights containing Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison. This comes as the Trump administration argues the move was lawful citing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
Noem toured crowded cells, the prison armory, and isolation units within the facility, which has drawn international attention.
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport 238 Venezuelans from the United States—sending them not to their home country, but to a prison in El Salvador notorious for its harsh conditions.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the Salvadoran mega-prison where the U.S. has sent hundreds of Venezuelans, accusing them of ties to gangs. Noem’s three-day trip around the Americas began at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, more commonly known as CECOT.
Kristi Noem’s trip to a prison in El Salvador drew social media attention for the homeland security secretary’s choice to wear a gold Rolex in such a setting.
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FOX 26 Houston on MSNMother seeks answers as son detained in El Salvador's CECOT for alleged involvement in Venezuelan TdA gangA Venezuelan mother is seeking answers after her son was detained in El Salvador, accused of being a member of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.
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The Nation on MSNAttention Must Be Paid to the Migrants Disappearing Under TrumpHundreds of Venezuelan men have been spirited away to a hell outside of the reach of habeas corpus rulings. It is our duty not to look away.
Over the weekend, the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, where they are being held in a maximum security mega-prison called the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT).