Meg Anderson

Michelle Deitch, director of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, put that situation in perspective for me.

Michelle Deitch, director of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, put that situation in perspective for me.

And I should mention, U.S. courts have said that the people taken to El Salvador got limited or no due process before they were sent there, something they are legally entitled to. And now that they're in El Salvador, the administration is saying they no longer have control over what happens to them.

And I should mention, U.S. courts have said that the people taken to El Salvador got limited or no due process before they were sent there, something they are legally entitled to. And now that they're in El Salvador, the administration is saying they no longer have control over what happens to them.

And I should mention, U.S. courts have said that the people taken to El Salvador got limited or no due process before they were sent there, something they are legally entitled to. And now that they're in El Salvador, the administration is saying they no longer have control over what happens to them.

Well, it means that they're being deprived of protections that they would have had if they had been held in the United States. The government here has a duty by law to care for people in its custody. U.S. prisons and immigration detention centers are far from perfect, to be sure, but there are still layers of oversight.

Well, it means that they're being deprived of protections that they would have had if they had been held in the United States. The government here has a duty by law to care for people in its custody. U.S. prisons and immigration detention centers are far from perfect, to be sure, but there are still layers of oversight.

Well, it means that they're being deprived of protections that they would have had if they had been held in the United States. The government here has a duty by law to care for people in its custody. U.S. prisons and immigration detention centers are far from perfect, to be sure, but there are still layers of oversight.

The federal government monitors and inspects its prisons and detention centers. People in custody have the right to pursue legal action if they allege abuse or neglect. And judges can intervene when laws are violated. Legal experts I spoke to said it's extremely hard, if not impossible, to see how any of that could happen once people are in a Salvadoran prison.

The federal government monitors and inspects its prisons and detention centers. People in custody have the right to pursue legal action if they allege abuse or neglect. And judges can intervene when laws are violated. Legal experts I spoke to said it's extremely hard, if not impossible, to see how any of that could happen once people are in a Salvadoran prison.

The federal government monitors and inspects its prisons and detention centers. People in custody have the right to pursue legal action if they allege abuse or neglect. And judges can intervene when laws are violated. Legal experts I spoke to said it's extremely hard, if not impossible, to see how any of that could happen once people are in a Salvadoran prison.

So the Trump administration has clarified that quote, homegrowns in this case means U.S. citizens. And I should note that legal experts say there is absolutely no U.S. law that would give Trump the ability to send U.S. citizens to foreign prisons. But if someone in the U.S.

So the Trump administration has clarified that quote, homegrowns in this case means U.S. citizens. And I should note that legal experts say there is absolutely no U.S. law that would give Trump the ability to send U.S. citizens to foreign prisons. But if someone in the U.S.

So the Trump administration has clarified that quote, homegrowns in this case means U.S. citizens. And I should note that legal experts say there is absolutely no U.S. law that would give Trump the ability to send U.S. citizens to foreign prisons. But if someone in the U.S.

is convicted of a crime, their constitutional rights, like the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, should, in theory, still apply no matter where they're sent. That's according to Lauren Brooke Eisen. She's the senior director at the Brennan Center for Justice. But she says...

is convicted of a crime, their constitutional rights, like the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, should, in theory, still apply no matter where they're sent. That's according to Lauren Brooke Eisen. She's the senior director at the Brennan Center for Justice. But she says...

is convicted of a crime, their constitutional rights, like the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, should, in theory, still apply no matter where they're sent. That's according to Lauren Brooke Eisen. She's the senior director at the Brennan Center for Justice. But she says...

So I reached out to both the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security for this story. In a statement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the immigrants sent to El Salvador are, quote, terrorists, that they had final deportation orders, and that there was due process. But she did not provide any evidence for those assertions.

So I reached out to both the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security for this story. In a statement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the immigrants sent to El Salvador are, quote, terrorists, that they had final deportation orders, and that there was due process. But she did not provide any evidence for those assertions.

So I reached out to both the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security for this story. In a statement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the immigrants sent to El Salvador are, quote, terrorists, that they had final deportation orders, and that there was due process. But she did not provide any evidence for those assertions.