El Salvador becoming 'black hole' for US deportees, critics fear
- Senator Van Hollen visited El Salvador on Wednesday to advocate for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release.
- The Trump administration deported Garcia and nearly 300 other migrants since January without hearings.
- Garcia, who had protected status, is held in the harsh Terrorism Confinement Center with other migrants.
- Van Hollen stated Garcia was 'illegally abducted' from the U.S.; Trump thanked Bukele for 'helping us out'.
- Rights groups fear El Salvador is becoming a 'black hole' where the U.S. Avoids legal consequences.
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People spot ‘mystery mound' at ‘world’s worst prison' on Google Maps where Donald Trump could send hundreds of US citizens
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Chris Hedges - American Concentration Camps - Brave New Europe
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas for The Dall…
El Salvador Becoming 'Black Hole' For US Deportees, Critics Fear
Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.
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