Feb 02 Misconduct complaint against judge who handled CECOT deportation case dismissed By Associated Press A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump ’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Continue reading
Dec 24 '60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online By Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press The segment featured interviews with migrants sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. The segment was removed from Canada's Global Television Network but still appeared on its app. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 7:05 New CBS News chief draws backlash by pulling '60 Minutes' story on El Salvador prison By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas, Jenna Bloom CBS News pulled an investigative report on 60 Minutes just a day before it was set to air. It promised a look at allegations of abuse and torture suffered by men deported by the Trump administration and sent to a… Continue watching
Nov 19 Judge to proceed with contempt probe over U.S. flying migrants to El Salvador prison in March By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to move ahead quickly on a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 5:28 Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador's mega-prison By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. Now, some of the freed men are speaking out about the physical and psychological abuse they… Continue watching
Jul 23 New wave of political exiles say El Salvador's history is repeating itself By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador. Now, a new wave of government repression has driven more than 100 human rights advocates, journalists, lawyers, academics and environmentalists to flee the country. Continue reading
Jul 23 'It is hell': Migrants returning to Venezuela describe life in El Salvador prison where U.S. sent them By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Venezuelan migrants imprisoned for months in El Salvador under a U.S. immigration crackdown have reunited with their families. Continue reading
Jul 21 Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers ask judge to delay release from jail over deportation fears By Ben Finley, Associated Press Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to delay releasing him from jail in order to prevent the Trump administration from trying to swiftly deport the Maryland construction worker. Continue reading
Jul 10 Judge will consider Kilmar Abrego Garcia's request to avoid deportation before his Tennessee trial By Ben Finley, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The proposal aims to prevent the Trump administration from trying to deport him before trial. Continue reading
Jun 13 Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges By Travis Loller, Jonathan Mattise, Ben Finley, Associated Press Facing mounting pressure to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S., the Trump administration brought him back last week. However, he was immediately taken into custody on new criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of… Continue reading