June 6, 2025 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Confirmed

Abrego Garcia Is Flown Back From El Salvador — and Charged With Human Smuggling the Same Day

On June 6, 2025, the Trump administration returned Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States from El Salvador, nearly three months after deporting him in what the government had earlier called an administrative...

March 15, 2025 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

Confirmed

U.S. Pays El Salvador to Jail Deportees in Mega-Prison

Starting in March 2025, the Trump administration began transferring migrants facing deportation, including more than 200 Venezuelans, to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a mega-prison built to hold up...