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From asylum-seekers to inmates: Two Florida Venezuelans sent to El Salvador prison
Luis Carlos José Marcano fled poverty but often found he was discriminated against for his tattoos. Frengel Reyes hoped for a better future but was branded a criminal. They came seeking new ...
Legal fight raging over possible imminent deportations to El Salvador
Attorneys with the ACLU have been scrambling to try to stop the administration from deporting men held in a north Texas ...
Attorneys for Venezuelan detainee imprisoned in El Salvador say his detention is 'lawless'
"Mr. Quintero’s continuing detention—now approaching a year—is lawless," his attorneys said in the petition. "There is no ...
Man wrongly deported to El Salvador 'traumatised' by mega-prison - as Supreme Court blocks new deportations
The US Supreme Court has ordered a temporary halt to deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. It comes ...
ACLU Demands SCOTUS Block Next Round of Deportations to El Salvador
The Trump administration is preparing to deport a new group of Venezuelan men detained in Texas, said the ACLU in an ...
Inside the ‘Tropical Gulag’ in El Salvador Where U.S. Detainees Are Being Held
A U.S. senator was denied entry to a prison that had held Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The authorities arranged a meeting at ...
'Torture in El Salvador with U.S. taxpayer dollars': Habeas petition directly challenges man’s indefinite detention in notorious ‘legal black hole’ foreign prison
"CECOT is a legal black hole; there is no access to counsel, no visitation, and no way for anyone on the outside to communicate." The post ‘Torture in El Salvador with U.S. taxpayer dollars’: Habeas ...
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen says he was denied entry to the El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he was denied entry into the El Salvador prison where Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held.