El Salvador /tags/el-salvador El Salvador en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:00 GMT Haitians, Syrians aren't the only immigrants watching US Supreme Court arguments on temporary status /immigration/2026-04-27/haitians-syrians-arent-the-only-immigrants-watching-us-supreme-court-arguments-on-temporary-status When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration's plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 from El Salvador. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:00 GMT /immigration/2026-04-27/haitians-syrians-arent-the-only-immigrants-watching-us-supreme-court-arguments-on-temporary-status Gisela Salomon | Associated Press Bukele signs reforms allowing life prison sentences for people as young as 12 /npr-breaking-news/2026-04-16/bukele-signs-reforms-allowing-life-prison-sentences-for-people-as-young-as-12 The reforms signed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele would apply to people convicted of committing or being an accomplice to crimes including homicide, femicide, rape and gang membership. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:26:27 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2026-04-16/bukele-signs-reforms-allowing-life-prison-sentences-for-people-as-young-as-12 The Associated Press 'This can never happen again': Legal claims stir from Venezuelans Trump sent to El Salvador prison /immigration/2025-09-18/el-salvador-lawsuit-cecot-prison-trump-venezuelan Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who spent months in El Salvador's brutal CECOT prison after the Trump administration questionably — if not falsely — accused them of gang membership may soon join U.S. legal action. Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:00:00 GMT /immigration/2025-09-18/el-salvador-lawsuit-cecot-prison-trump-venezuelan Tim Padgett El Salvador enacts military-style rules on haircuts and more in schools /americas/2025-08-28/el-salvador-military-style-haircuts President Nayib Bukele says that his new education minister, a military officer, will restore discipline to schools where gangs once recruited. A school workers’ union called the appointment “absurd.” Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:53:11 GMT /americas/2025-08-28/el-salvador-military-style-haircuts James Wagner | The New York Times What I witnessed as I photographed the disappearances and the homecomings of my countrymen /immigration/2025-08-26/what-i-witnessed-as-i-photographed-the-disappearances-and-the-homecomings-of-my-countrymen Over the past four months, a photojournalist documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions. CECOT left a mark on the men, their loved ones and Venezuela. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:00:00 GMT /immigration/2025-08-26/what-i-witnessed-as-i-photographed-the-disappearances-and-the-homecomings-of-my-countrymen Adriana Loureiro Fernández | ProPublica “An American Nightmare”: Three men deported to CECOT and their families reflect on their months long ordeal /immigration/2025-08-08/an-american-nightmare-three-men-deported-to-cecot-and-their-families-reflect-on-their-months-long-ordeal Three families awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:12:32 GMT /immigration/2025-08-08/an-american-nightmare-three-men-deported-to-cecot-and-their-families-reflect-on-their-months-long-ordeal Gerardo del Valle | ProPublica , Alejandro Bonilla Suárez | ProPublica, Edwin Corona Ramos | ProPublica Democracy watchdogs reject the U.S. claim that El Salvador's Bukele is not a dictator /americas/2025-08-07/bukele-dictator-trump-term-limits The Trump administration insists this week that scrapping presidential term limits in El Salvador doesn't make authoritarian President Nayib Bukele a dictator. But critics say Bukele's move is straight from Latin America's autocrat playbook. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 20:53:49 GMT /americas/2025-08-07/bukele-dictator-trump-term-limits Tim Padgett Deported from Tampa, Venezuelan asylum-seeker recounts time in El Salvador's mega-prison /immigration/2025-08-07/deported-from-tampa-venezuelan-asylum-seeker-recounts-time-in-el-salvadors-mega-prison More than 200 Venezuelans were sent to El Salvador's maximum security prison in March, including Frengel Reyes, who was living in Tampa with his wife and is now back in his homeland without her. Ever since returning to Venezuela, Reyes said he's haunted by the four months he spent in prison. Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:00:00 GMT /immigration/2025-08-07/deported-from-tampa-venezuelan-asylum-seeker-recounts-time-in-el-salvadors-mega-prison Nancy Guan The men Trump deported to a Salvadoran prison /government-politics/2025-08-01/the-men-trump-deported-to-a-salvadoran-prison ProPublica compiled a first-of-its-kind, case-by-case accounting of 238 Venezuelan men who were held in El Salvador. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:15:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-08-01/the-men-trump-deported-to-a-salvadoran-prison ProPublica He was asked about his tattoos and a TikTok video in court. Five days later, he was in a Salvadoran prison /immigration/2025-07-30/he-was-asked-about-his-tattoos-and-a-tiktok-video-in-court-five-days-later-he-was-in-a-salvadoran-prison Albert JesĂşs RodrĂ­guez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to know what happened to him. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:21:00 GMT /immigration/2025-07-30/he-was-asked-about-his-tattoos-and-a-tiktok-video-in-court-five-days-later-he-was-in-a-salvadoran-prison Melissa Sanchez | ProPublica