May 01 WATCH: Senate Democrats plan to force vote for transparency on Trump deportations to El Salvador By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senate Democrats plan to force a vote in the coming weeks on a resolution to require more transparency from President Donald Trump’s administration about deportations to El Salvador. Continue reading
Apr 30 Judge orders Trump officials to report efforts, if any, to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to U.S. By Ben Finley, Associated Press A federal judge on Wednesday again directed the Trump administration to provide information about its efforts so far, if any, to comply with her order to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison. Continue reading
Apr 24 Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a Venezuelan man to El Salvador, judge rules By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump ordered his administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador last month despite having a pending asylum application. Continue reading
Apr 22 More Democratic lawmakers visit El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by Trump administration By Marcos Aleman, Matt Brown, Associated Press While administration officials have acknowledged that the decision to deport Abrego Garcia was done in error, they have said they have no power to return him to the country despite a Supreme Court ruling calling on the government to do… Continue reading
Apr 21 El Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees By Marcos Aleman, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Venezuela's prosecutor's office responded Sunday night, calling Bukele's statements "cynical" and referred to the Salvadoran leader as a "neofascist."… Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch 7:24 ‘Let’s have a real court case’: Attorney for deported man on the refusals to return him By William Brangham, Doug Adams For more than a month, Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been in prison in El Salvador after the Trump administration deported the Maryland resident along with hundreds of others. Thursday, his family and the world saw photos of Abrego Garcia and… Continue watching
Apr 18 WATCH: Sen. Van Hollen holds briefing after meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador By Mary Clare Jalonick, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported from the United States last month, told a visiting U.S. senator that he was moved from a notorious Salvadoran prison to a detention center with better conditions. Continue reading
Apr 18 Sen. Van Hollen meets with Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador amid court fight over return By Yolanda Magaña, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Van Hollen posted a photo of the meeting Thursday on X, saying he also called Abrego Garcia's wife "to pass along his message of love."… Continue reading
Apr 17 Maryland senator says he was denied entry to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia By Yolanda Magaña, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says he was denied entry into an El Salvador prison on Thursday while he was trying to check on the well-being of of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 8:09 Sen. Van Hollen says El Salvador soldiers blocked him from seeing wrongly deported man By Amna Nawaz, Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat A federal appeals court offered a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland resident to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to the CECOT prison to meet with government… Continue watching