Noem Visits El Salvador Prison as Deportation Policy Faces Legal and Human Rights Challenges
The Trump administration's deportation of 238 Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act remains under legal scrutiny, with detainees held in harsh conditions and no clear path to release.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited El Salvador's CECOT prison on March 26, highlighting the administration's immigration enforcement efforts.
- The Venezuelans were deported on March 15 under the rarely used 1798 Alien Enemies Act, despite a federal judge's verbal order to halt the flights.
- The detainees are held without charges in overcrowded, restrictive conditions, with no clear legal framework or access to consular support due to severed ties between El Salvador and Venezuela.
- A federal appeals court recently upheld a block on further deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, intensifying legal battles over the policy's application.
- Families and human rights groups dispute the gang affiliations alleged by the U.S., noting many deportees lack criminal records and were denied due process.
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