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El Salvador says Trump admin controls migrants in notorious CECOT prison
The Trump admin has argued that the men are now outside U.S. legal jurisdiction and no longer protected by constitutional ...
Migrants who were sent to CECOT are the responsibility of US, El Salvador tells UN
Over 200 migrants who were sent to a Salvadoran prison under accusations they were gang members are the responsibility of the ...
El Salvador says for first time that U.S. controls fate of jailed deportees
Salvadoran officials have acknowledged that more than 130 Venezuelan migrants at a megaprison in El Salvador remain under U.S ...
El Salvador Admits Trump Officials Still Have Control Over Deported Migrants In Its Prison
The government of El Salvador acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of ...
Document Casts Doubt on White House’s Claims About Deported Venezuelans
The document from El Salvador seems to undermine a position that lawyers for the Justice Department and top Trump officials ...
El Salvador Admits U.S. Has Custody of Migrants Trump Sent to Prison There
The U.S. has exclusive jurisdiction and responsibility over migrants Trump sent to prison in El Salvador, according to ...
Migrants deported from US to Salvadoran prison remain under US control, Salvadoran officials tell UN
The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains ...
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El Salvador, U.S., and the Controversial Migrant Detentions Unveiled
The El Salvadoran government revealed to the UN that the Trump administration controls Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador ...
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El Salvador: Stop the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders and the Dismantling of the Rule of Law
We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the increasing use of criminal law without due process ...
Lawyers Say New Evidence Challenges Trump on El Salvador Prisons
Lawyers for Venezuelans sent to a prison in El Salvador claim new evidence “contradicts” the US government’s claims that Salvadoran officials, not the Trump administration, have legal authority over ...