The Trump administration’s contract with El Salvador includes sending deportees to facilities like CECOT, where migrants are imprisoned for a fee, a move that has sparked legal challenges and raises concerns about the treatment of marginalized groups.

Following the Trump administration's deportation of Venezuelan migrants to CECOT, the facility has come under scrutiny for its overcrowded, windowless cells and inadequate sleeping arrangements, raising significant human rights concerns regarding the treatment of detainees.

The U.S. State Department allocated $6 million to Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador to detain deported immigrants under conditions described as inhumane. Critics argue that the facility’s role in detaining individuals without due process—with reports of torture, beatings, and degrading treatment—raises serious concerns over potential violations of the Leahy Law and supports authoritarian deportation policies.

Amnesty International reports that Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador is being used to detain 238 Venezuelan nationals under conditions of extreme overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and inhuman treatment. The facility is a key component in the broader authoritarian security agenda, reflecting a blatant disregard for due process and human rights.

CECOT, El Salvador's maximum-security prison designed for deported migrants and alleged gang members, has been utilized under an agreement tied to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration crackdown. The facility, notorious for its harsh conditions including lack of visitation, educational and rehabilitative programs, received hundreds of immigrants amid a $6 million per year contract, highlighting its role in authoritarian policies that compromise human rights.

Under a $6 million annual agreement with the Trump administration, hundreds of deported immigrants were transferred to CECOT as part of an aggressive immigration crackdown. The facility’s harsh conditions—where prisoners are denied visitation, recreation, and educational programs—have raised serious human rights concerns.

On March 15, 2025, the Trump administration deported approximately 250 Venezuelan migrants to CECOT in El Salvador, where detainees face overcrowded conditions, indefinite detention without due process, and systematic human rights abuses. This event highlights the collaboration between the US and President Bukele's regime in using CECOT as a tool of political repression.

El Salvador’s President Bukele has proposed housing U.S. criminals and deportees, including gang members, in the mega-prison CECOT. The plan, which has elicited international criticism, raises concerns over inhumane prison conditions and reflects an authoritarian approach to criminal justice.

CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador established as part of President Bukele's crackdown on gang violence, has been scrutinized for its harsh and inhumane confinement practices. The facility's repressive isolation tactics, severe living conditions, and lack of transparency raise serious human rights concerns and reflect an authoritarian model of governance.

The Trump administration deported over 250 alleged gang members to CECOT, a maximum-security facility in El Salvador known for severe overcrowding, restricted inmate rights, and lack of rehabilitation programs. The facility, inaugurated in early 2023 as part of President Bukele's aggressive campaign against gang violence, has become a focal point for debates over human rights abuses and the ethics of outsourcing incarceration in exchange for financial compensation.