The U.S. government used an 18th-century wartime law to deport nearly 300 Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison
The US deported Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th-century law, where they were immediately imprisoned in a maximum-security gang prison. Their legal status in El Salvador is unclear, as they lack consular support and the Salvadoran judiciary is not independent, raising concerns about their future.
