Overview
- CBS sources say the segment is being readied for Sunday night’s broadcast, though the network had not issued official listings as of the afternoon.
- Bari Weiss delayed the piece in December and sought additional on-the-record responses from the Trump administration before clearing it.
- Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi criticized the hold in a Dec. 21 memo, and a version previously sent to a Canadian partner leaked online.
- Producers traveled to Washington to pursue interviews with officials such as Kristi Noem or Tom Homan, but no on-camera response was secured.
- The report focuses on Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. to El Salvador’s high-security CECOT prison.