Trump's War on Foreign Films Plus: Alcatraz reopening, Bukele corruption scandal, assisted suicide, and more... Reason · May 5, 2025
Trump orders reopening and expansion of notorious Alcatraz prison The former federal penitentiary is located on a remote San Francisco island and closed in 1963 The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation case is more about individual rights than the Trump administration’s foreign policy Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back from the El Salvador prison where the U.S. sent them are meddling in the conduct of foreign policy. The Conversation · May 3, 2025
Gang Leader Reveals Deal With Salvadoran President Bukele To Help Him Gain Power A gang leader revealed to a Salvadoran outlet the agreements reached with President Nayib Bukele to help propel him to power and keep him there Latin Times · May 2, 2025
Miller can't get plan past Trump judge The Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is finally falling apart Salon · May 2, 2025
First Thing: US and Ukraine sign minerals deal Trump says agreement gives Washington an incentive to continue to invest in Ukraine’s protection. Plus, unraveling the ancient psychedelics myth The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
Trump officials contacted El Salvador president about Kilmar Ábrego García, sources say Administration in touch with Nayib Bukele over detention of wrongly deported man, according to two people The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025
US diplomat Marco Rubio will not provide info to judge about deported man The Trump administration remains defiant despite a judge’s order to ‘facilitate’ return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2025
Even El Salvador’s president questioned Trump team on if migrants being sent were actually gang members: report El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele privately ‘expressed concern’ about who the Trump administration sent to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, according to the report The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
El Salvador Reportedly Offered The U.S. a 50% Discount On Prisoner Fees In Exchange For Deporting MS-13 Members The Salvadoran government reportedly offered the Trump administration a 50% discount on the fee it charges to hold U.S. deportees in exchange for finding and deporting nine MS-13 members Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025
Marco Rubio Refuses To Say If Trump Admin Has Sought To Bring Back Abrego Garcia: 'You Know Who Else I'll Never Tell? A Juge' Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to say whether the Trump administration has made a formal request to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025
Trump says he could free Abrego Garcia, but won’t – contradicting claims made by his cabinet President confirms he has the authority to return the wrongly deported father to the United States but says he will not The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Trump Admitting He 'Could' Bring Back Abrego Garcia May Undermine His Administration's Legal Strategy President Donald Trump said in an interview he "could" bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador. The claim goes against what the White House has said in court Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025
Does Abrego Garcia have ‘MS-13’ tattooed on his knuckles, as Trump claims? US president has insisted tattoos prove MS-13 ties, but experts and photos contradict the claim in Abrego Garcia’s case. Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2025
The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025 The El Salvador mega-prison at the dark heart of Trump immigration crackdown Cecot, a secretive 40,000-capacity facility built to house alleged gang members, ‘is meant for permanent exile, permanent punishment’
Latin Times · Apr 29, 2025 Kerry Kennedy Claims Salvadoran Police Prevented Her From Meeting With Deported Clients U.S. lawyer Kerry Kennedy said Salvadoran authorities prevented her from meeting with Venezuelan deportees she represents. Later, a prominent human rights organization said its offices were raided
The Guardian - US · Apr 29, 2025 The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a sampling
The Guardian - US · Apr 27, 2025 Trump disdains conservatism. His governing philosophy is absolute power The president’s clashes with the judiciary over immigration have launched a constitutional crisis. We’re headed toward a collision
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Trump administration blocked plan to retrieve Abrego Garcia from El Salvador: Report Only a few days after government attorneys had discussed how to keep Abrego Garcia safe until he could be returned, the White House press secretary claimed he was an MS-13 leader guilty of human trafficking
International Business Times · Apr 25, 2025 Venezuela Accuses El Salvador President Of 'Human Trafficking' Venezuela's attorney general accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of "human trafficking" and suggested he face international justice for accepting cash to jail deportees from the United States.
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025 Matt Gaetz visited El Salvador’s mega-prison and saw people drained of hope. He then pitched it to Stephen Miller Matt Gaetz was given a tour of the facility, which human rights groups have described as a ‘tropical gulag’ rife with abuses
Texas Observer · Apr 24, 2025 Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’ New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await federal training.
The Guardian - US · Apr 23, 2025 Families of detainees in El Salvador and Venezuela decry Bukele’s prisoner swap offer Salvadorian president denounced as ‘tyrannical’ as he floats trading 252 prisoners with fellow authoritarian regime
Euronews · Apr 23, 2025 Venezuelan families rally against El Salvador’s migrant-prisoner swap proposal Relatives of Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador held a protest outside the UN offices in Caracas on Tuesday, denouncing what they called “kidnappings” by Salvadoran authorities.
The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025 A Venezuelan delivery driver was ‘disappeared’ after making a wrong turn. The Trump administration claims they know where he is Lawyers and advocates fear the government’s rushed removals may have ‘disappeared’ others