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Curated sources explaining detention, due process, and immigration law. Updated as facts change.
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What is due process? (plain language)
What is due process? (plain language)
The Trump administration's latest attack on our rights threatens our ability to defend ourselves from injustice. We won't stand for it.
Human Rights Watch: CECOT detention conditions
Human Rights Watch: CECOT detention conditions
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador. In March and April 2025, the US government sent 252 Venezuelans, including dozens of asylum seekers, to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, CECOT) mega prison in El Salvador, despite credible reports of serious human rights abuses in El Salvador’s prisons. The Venezuelans were subject to refoulement—being sent to where they would face torture or persecution—arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, inhumane detention conditions and, in some cases, sexual violence.
AP News: Court Ruling on CECOT detentions
AP News: Court Ruling on CECOT detentions
A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must give legal due process to Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador, either by providing court hearings or returning them to the U.S.
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