Friend, As of this week, more than 280 men and young adults have languished in El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison for 100 days, cut off from their families, lawyers, and communities. As a reminder, the Trump administration shipped these men to a foreign torture prison, many in defiance of a court’s order. It is a human rights emergency and a stain on the nation’s conscience that their imprisonment has lasted this long. The men detained in CECOT are fathers, sons, and neighbors. The U.S. government tore them from their communities and sent them away in secret, with no notice, no attorneys, and no due process. Since then, their families and lawyers have been left to rely on brief glimpses of faces on television screens to confirm if they are still alive. And after 100 days, we still don’t know: How many people have been disappeared — or why The extent of the abuses occurring inside CECOT's walls Their current physical and mental health conditions
Disappearances are the tools of authoritarian regimes — not of a democracy that values justice, due process, and its constitution. If we don’t collectively demand their return, these men will continue to languish, and some will likely die. Congress must step up and demand the immediate return of those detained at CECOT and condemn the use of the Alien Enemies Act to disappear immigrants from the U.S. If you’ve already reached out, please send another message to amplify the urgency of this issue.
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