MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are gang members have been held since their removal from the United States. The tour included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit. Noem’s trip to the prison — where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside — comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.” The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that it was justified in sending the Venezuelans to El Salvador, while human rights activists say officials have sent them to a prison rife with human rights abuses. For more Government stories from MitchellNow.com, Click Here.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Visits High-Security El Salvador Prison Housing Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members Deported by Trump Administration
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours a high-security prison in El Salvador, where Venezuelan nationals, deported under the Trump administration's crackdown on gang members, are held in overcrowded cells.
