How one photojournalist documented US deportees' arrival in El Salvador

Photojournalist Philip Holsinger talks about documenting Venezuelan migrants flown to El Salvador.

ABC News - 3d

‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador

Political scientist Mneesha Gellman on the deportees’ fates, dire prison conditions and Bukele-Trump parallels. The Trump administration has flown 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison that ...

The Guardian - Mar. 20

Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador had signed paperwork to go home

Families and activists say deportees signed documents to return to Venezuela but were sent to Salvadoran jail instead

Financial Times - Mar. 21

Videos of Shackled Venezuelan Migrants Have History in El Salvador

A video showing rough treatment of deportees over the weekend was an extraordinary depiction by U.S. standards, but not by El Salvador’s.

The New York Times - Mar. 19

Trump admin live updates: White House asks court to stay deportation flights TRO

Despite a federal judge ordering deportation flights of Venezuelans to cease, video shows more deportees arriving in El Salvador.

ABC News - Mar. 16

Tattoo artist who agreed to return to Venezuela was sent to El Salvador prison, family says

The brother of Jhon Chacin, a Venezuelan asylum-seeker, is seeking answers as the Venezuelan government calls for the deportees' release from an El Salvador prison.

NBC News - 4d

Trump Officials Say Deportees Were Gang Members. Few Details Were Disclosed.

Families and immigration lawyers argue not all of the deportees sent to a prison in El Salvador over the weekend had ties to gangs.

The New York Times - Mar. 19

Families of deported Venezuelans are distraught their loved ones were sent to El Salvador

Relatives of recently deported Venezuelan immigrants said they were anguished and shocked to discover their loved ones were sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador after they recognized them ...

NBC News - Mar. 19

Venezuelan Families Fear for Relatives as Trump Celebrates Deportations to El Salvador

The news that hundreds of migrants were headed to an El Salvador prison caused panic for some Venezuelans, who worried that their loved ones might be among them.

The New York Times - Mar. 17

Family members of migrants deported to El Salvador mega prison speak out

Family members who suspect their loved ones were sent to El Salvador's mega prison fear they are wrongly being accused of being members of a Venezuelan gang. NBC News' Julia Ainsley has the details ...

NBC News - Mar. 19

US deports 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador despite court ruling to halt flights

Trump invoked 1798 law previously used to detain Japanese Americans in second world war to justify deportations. The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El ...

The Guardian - Mar. 16

What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent deported Venezuelans

The US has sent hundreds of migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in Cecot, a controversial prison known for its harsh conditions. The US has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants ...

The Guardian - Mar. 20

Migrant deported in chains: 'No-one will go to US illegally now'

Indian deportee tells BBC about his risky journey and how Trump’s tactics are spreading fear.

BBC News - Mar. 9

'My son was seeking the American Dream, now he's trapped in El Savador'

Gertrudis Pineda tells the BBC she has no information about her son who was sent by the US to a prison in El Salvador.

BBC News - 1d

Here are the Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to El Salvador

CBS News has obtained an internal government list of the names of the Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador.

CBS News - Mar. 20

Judge demands answers from White House on deportation flights to El Salvador

Jeb Boasberg instructs Trump administration to explain how refusal to return flights did not violate court order. A federal judge instructed the Trump administration on Thursday to explain why its ...

The Guardian - Mar. 21

Lawyers file petition in El Salvador to free Venezuelans deported by U.S.

One of the attorneys said the Venezuelans they represent are not members of the Tren de Aragua gang, had migrated from their country and “don’t have any criminal record.”

NBC News - 3d