In today’s newsletter: The men Trump deported to a Salvadoran prison speak out on what they experienced. Plus: Earth’s dwindling water supply and more from our newsroom.
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released is proof of how senseless their detentions were.
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away. These are their stories.
“We are already dipping from a trust fund. We don’t actually know how much the account has.”
— Hrishikesh Chandanpurkar, an earth systems scientist working with Arizona State University and the lead author of a recently published study that found that earth’s supply of fresh water is quickly disappearing.
