The Trump administration deported 238 Venezuelans to a notorious El Salvador prison amid accusations of human rights abuses. Despite a legal challenge, these individuals, suspected of gang affiliation, are sent to a facility designed to hold up to 40,000 inmates. El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, aims to eradicate crime using extreme measures, including a state of exception that allows arrests without evidence. Political scientist Mneesha Gellman warns about the dire conditions faced by deportees, stressing the uncertainty of their futures in this harsh environment.
We know that there is severe overcrowding, that there's inadequate food, and sanitation is a really big issue. People are locked in their cells a majority of the time.
Mneesha Gellman emphasizes the uncertainty for Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador, as they face dire conditions in a foreign land where they may have never lived.
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