Tag Archives: El Salvador

The Trump administration on Thursday announced preliminary trade frameworks with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Ecuador, marking the latest step in the White House’s push to renegotiate U.S. trade relationships across the globe. While the broad outlines are set, senior administration officials said specifics will be finalized in the coming …

In the days before the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to a notorious Salvadoran prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio privately promised El Salvador’s president that the United States would hand over nine imprisoned MS-13 leaders — even though several were confidential informants working with U.S. law enforcement. …

In a dramatic and politically sensitive move, the U.S. secured the release of 10 American citizens from Venezuela on Friday through a three-way prisoner swap that also involved El Salvador. Among those freed was former Navy SEAL Wilbert Joseph Castaneda, who had been detained in Venezuela last year during what …

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to his native El Salvador three months ago, was brought back to the U.S. on Friday and will face federal charges, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Abrego Garcia’s case had become a flashpoint in a debate over what due process rights …

In a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration’s immigration tactics, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to allow hundreds of migrants deported under the Alien Enemies Act to challenge their detentions and removals in court, ruling that their constitutional right to due process was denied. The migrants …

A federal judge raised serious questions Wednesday about the Trump administration’s claim that it is not responsible for the men it deported to El Salvador, citing President Donald Trump’s own public statements suggesting otherwise. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg sharply questioned the government’s assertion that the 238 deported men …

Sen Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday he was denied a meeting with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador-born Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in his home country notorious for human rights abuses. The Maryland Democrat met with El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa in the …

Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg announced on Wednesday that he will move forward with proceedings to determine whether Trump administration officials should be held in criminal contempt for defying his explicit order not to deport Venezuelan migrants under the controversial Alien Enemies Act. Despite Boasberg’s directive on March …

A federal judge in Maryland on Tuesday ordered a defiant Trump administration to provide evidence about how it has tried to secure the release of an immigrant mistakenly deported to a brutal mega-prison in El Salvador, saying that to date, the record shows “nothing has been done.” District Judge Paula …

Legal scholars, civil liberties advocates, and immigration experts are raising red flags over President Donald Trump’s latest proposal: deporting U.S. citizens convicted of crimes to El Salvador, where they would be imprisoned indefinitely. The idea, discussed publicly during a White House meeting Monday with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, represents …

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele won’t return a Maryland man the United States erroneously deported to a mega-prison in his Central American country, he said Monday during a visit to the Oval Office. Sitting beside President Donald Trump, Bukele told reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do it.” Administration …

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration must “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite legal protections preventing his removal. The decision comes after a series of legal missteps and amid mounting criticism of the administration’s …

The Trump administration made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to strike down a lower court’s order that immigration officials return a Maryland man erroneously deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that, despite an error …

The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that an “administrative error” led to the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man legally protected from removal. Despite admitting the mistake, the administration is refusing to facilitate his return to the U.S. Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident, was …

On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to El Paso, Texas, her first trip to the border since taking office. Harris toured the migrant processing center, a US Customs and Border Protection facility, and spoke with five parentless girls from Central America. “They are without their parents. They are also …