Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is visiting the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s Wednesday trip to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.”
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited a high-security El Salvador prison housing Venezuelans deported from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act, accused by the Trump administration of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang. The visit, part of a three-day trip, included a meeting with President Nayib Bukele and inspection of the Terrorism Confinement Center, where prisoners are held in harsh conditions. The deportees lack consular support and have not appeared before a judge in El Salvador. Lawyers hired by the Venezuelan government filed habeas corpus petitions seeking their release.
