“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
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For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced.

https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Trump#Immigration#CECOT #ElSalvador#Immigrants#Deportation#ICE

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.html#ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(US) #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment#OneBigBeautifulBillAct(2025) #HomelandSecurityDepartment#ImmigrationandEmigration#IllegalImmigration#Trump,DonaldJ #Deportation

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.html#ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement(US) #UnitedStatesPoliticsandGovernment#OneBigBeautifulBillAct(2025) #HomelandSecurityDepartment#ImmigrationandEmigration#IllegalImmigration#Trump,DonaldJ #Deportation

But the #Trump admin is rolling back programs created to assist >250k #Afghans — including the #allies who worked for #US forces & other #refugees who fled after the #Taliban takeover. And while admin officials say #SIV processing will continue, advocates for Afghans who served with US troops fear the curtailment of programs they depend on, along with Trump’s ambitious #deportation plan, jeopardizes those still vying for SIV protection.

#immigration #law#USmilitary #betrayal

As the admin seeks to fulfill #Trump’s pledge to carry out the largest #deportation op in #US history, attys for the men say their clients — #Afghans who fear retribution from the #Taliban for their work assisting the US in its 20-yr war in #Afghanistan — have found themselves in the crosshairs of #ICE. The attys provided WaPo with #military #contracts & certificates, #asylum & #visa applications, recommendation letters & other records that described both men’s work on behalf of #USmilitary….

One former interpreter for US forces in #Afghanistan was detained by ICE agents in Connecticut last month after he showed up for a routine green card appointment. A second was arrested in June, just minutes after attending his first #asylum hearing in San Diego.

#law#Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/

But the #Trump admin is rolling back programs created to assist >250k #Afghans — including the #allies who worked for #US forces & other #refugees who fled after the #Taliban takeover. And while admin officials say #SIV processing will continue, advocates for Afghans who served with US troops fear the curtailment of programs they depend on, along with Trump’s ambitious #deportation plan, jeopardizes those still vying for SIV protection.

#immigration #law#USmilitary #betrayal

As the admin seeks to fulfill #Trump’s pledge to carry out the largest #deportation op in #US history, attys for the men say their clients — #Afghans who fear retribution from the #Taliban for their work assisting the US in its 20-yr war in #Afghanistan — have found themselves in the crosshairs of #ICE. The attys provided WaPo with #military #contracts & certificates, #asylum & #visa applications, recommendation letters & other records that described both men’s work on behalf of #USmilitary….

One former interpreter for US forces in #Afghanistan was detained by ICE agents in Connecticut last month after he showed up for a routine green card appointment. A second was arrested in June, just minutes after attending his first #asylum hearing in San Diego.

#law#Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/

"[S]tudent #activists at #Columbia demanded an end to the #genocideInGaza and called for a ceasefire. The response? Intimidation, suspensions, wrongful arrests, and, in Mahmoud’s case, being illegally detained by #ICE and threats of #deportation.

"How and why did the current #studentMovement begin? What were the consequences of speaking out on #Palestine?"

#DianaButtu speaks w/ #MahmoudKhalil

https://this-is-palestine.simplecast.com/episodes/a-conversation-with-mahmoud-khalil-student-activism-in-the-us-and-the-palestinian-struggle-for-freedom

#USpol#stateRepression#PalestineSolidarity#studentProtests @palestine

"[S]tudent #activists at #Columbia demanded an end to the #genocideInGaza and called for a ceasefire. The response? Intimidation, suspensions, wrongful arrests, and, in Mahmoud’s case, being illegally detained by #ICE and threats of #deportation.

"How and why did the current #studentMovement begin? What were the consequences of speaking out on #Palestine?"

#DianaButtu speaks w/ #MahmoudKhalil

https://this-is-palestine.simplecast.com/episodes/a-conversation-with-mahmoud-khalil-student-activism-in-the-us-and-the-palestinian-struggle-for-freedom

#USpol#stateRepression#PalestineSolidarity#studentProtests @palestine

After being released from Salvadoran prison CECOT, Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra says he was relieved to be home with his family but felt traumatized.

“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-immigrant-cecot-release-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Immigration#Venezuela #ElSalvador#Immigrants#Deportation#ICE

We've spent months reporting on the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now that they’ve been returned to Venezuela, we’re continuing to report on who the men are and what they went through.

To help us investigate, fill out this form or contact us via Signal at 917-512-0201 or WhatsApp at 917-327-4868.
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#CECOT#Immigration#Deportation#Immigrants#ICE#Venezuela #ElSalvador

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

These are their stories.
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#CECOT#Immigration#Immigrants#Venezuela #ElSalvador#Trump#Deportation#ICE

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

These are their stories.
https://projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-immigrants-trump-deported-cecot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#CECOT#Immigration#Immigrants#Venezuela #ElSalvador#Trump#Deportation#ICE

We've spent months reporting on the 230+ Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Now that they’ve been returned to Venezuela, we’re continuing to report on who the men are and what they went through.

To help us investigate, fill out this form or contact us via Signal at 917-512-0201 or WhatsApp at 917-327-4868.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-venezuelans-deported-cecot?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#CECOT#Immigration#Deportation#Immigrants#ICE#Venezuela #ElSalvador

Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:

“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”

“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”

A month later, he was gone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-deportees-trump-immigration-asylum-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Immigration#Trump#Deportation#ICE #ElSalvador#Venezuela