As the Trump administration deports alleged illegal aliens to El Salvador, they face new legal challenges under the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Critics highlight reports of extreme cruelty within El Salvador's prison system, including torture and deaths of inmates. This raises serious concerns about the legality of sending deportees to be imprisoned there without a fair trial. While many legal experts believe focusing on Five Amendment due process claims might be more effective, the overall treatment of deportees in foreign prisons poses significant moral and constitutional dilemmas.
Sending deportees to a country other than their own and paying for them to be imprisoned among violent criminals⦠is highly unusual in American history.
El Salvador's prison system is notoriously cruel: Dozens of inmates have died as a result of torture, beatings, mechanical suffocation via strangulation or wounds.
High-ranking U.S. officials have explicitly stated that their intent is to inflict punishment for illegal entry and other alleged crimes.
Many legal experts agree that in the case of deporteesâ rights, focusing on due-process claims is a safer legal strategy.
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