Hands on Wisconsin: Donald Trump identifies alternative to prison in El Salvador

Trump administration’s hostility to due process is un-American

As a young adult, I entered the Jesuits, a Catholic religious order, where among other missions, I worked with orphaned children and internally displaced people in El Salvador during their civil war. It was a dangerous time, and people were frequently “disappeared.” I never thought I’d be watching similar scenes play out here in America. In March, President Donald Trump invoked the archaic Alien Enemies Act to disappear over 100 Venezuelan immig…

Trump Believes “Due Process” Is Only For Him

The federal government and conservative news outlets are conducting a smear campaign against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man whom the Trump administration kidnapped and imprisoned in El Salvador, and whose alleged misdeeds have no relevance whatsoever to his right to be free from extrajudicial imprisonment abroad. Abrego Garcia arrived in the United States in 2012 after he was forced to flee his native El Salvador by a local gang that repea…

The world's most restrictive prison - El Salvador's notorious Center for the Containment of Terrorism (CECOT) - can hold 40,000 prisoners. The Center for the Containment of Terrorism has helped bring order to the Central American country, but it also raises many questions, as the prison is also called a "black hole for human rights" - a glimpse into hell on earth.

Hands on Wisconsin: Donald Trump identifies alternative to prison in El Salvador

Donald Trump has been sending migrants to a notorious prison in El Salvador without due process, much to the chagrin of folks who actually care about the rule of law.

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele met in the Oval Office in mid-April, the U.S. had just deported more than 200 migrants to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.The latter had happened just a few weeks ago, in mid-March.And, during his visit to Washington, Bukele said that his country was willing to receive more.In the context of the meeting with his U.S. counterpart, a journalist asked him if he would be…