Trump, El Salvador, and the Alien Enemies Act.
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Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday, the United States government transferred hundreds of noncitizens and alleged gang members to a detention facility in El Salvador, despite an order from a federal judge blocking the deportation flights. According to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, the deportees were transferred on three flights and included 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA), as well as 23 alleged members of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13). President Trump justified their removal by invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798; he had previously designated the group a foreign terrorist organization infiltrating the United States. The detainees were sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador; CECOT is the largest prison facility in Central America.
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| 1:30.4 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the Alien Enemies Act, |
| 1:36.5 | President Donald Trump's declaration about that act, |
| 1:39.6 | and some of what's happening with these deportations, flights to El Salvador, and a whole lot of |
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