Tag: El Salvador

A Sophies Choice for ILMAR ABREGO GARCIA: Deportation or Worse Deportation

August 25, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, AUG 25, 2025 Ilmar Abrego Garcia Faces Deportation to Uganda After Wrongful Imprisonment: Now, instead of receiving restitution or acknowledgment of this mistake, Abrego Garcia is presented with a cruel ultimatum by the U.S. …. READ the Ugandan Human Rights Report below…. Ilmar Abrego Garcia, a man wrongfully deported and imprisoned in … More A Sophies Choice for ILMAR ABREGO GARCIA: Deportation or Worse Deportation

If Trump Refouls Gay Asylum Seekers to El Salvador he is Complicit in their Torture

May 11, 2025

As previously reported by US News media, Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants flown from the U.S. to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador . “Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just … More If Trump Refouls Gay Asylum Seekers to El Salvador he is Complicit in their Torture

From NEVER AGAIN to Kristi Noem, Trump’s Secretary for DHS, Posing Nazi Style

March 28, 2025

With Dear Leader DRUMPF, an Emissary  By Melanie Nathan, March 28, 2025. Shirtless, stacked high, one on top of the other, humans! Reminiscent perhaps of that to which we said “never again?” Krtisti Noem, in El Salvador, U.S. Secretary for DHS, who carried out the command of the Chief orchestrator of this scene,  Donald trump … More From NEVER AGAIN to Kristi Noem, Trump’s Secretary for DHS, Posing Nazi Style

UNHCR Calls for Investigation into Murder of Transgender Woman in Guatemala

August 2, 2020

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, expresses its deep dismay at the violent death of a Salvadoran transgender woman who had applied for asylum in Guatemala. The woman’s body was found on August 1 at her home in Guatemala City. She had fled El Salvador in 2017 after having suffered violence due … More UNHCR Calls for Investigation into Murder of Transgender Woman in Guatemala

Asking for Investigation on Termination of TPS After Death of Deported Salvadoran Immigrants

March 5, 2020

50+ Groups Release Letter Asking HFAC to Investigate Report on Termination of TPS After Death of Deported Salvadoran Immigrants Washington, DC – Earlier today, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigration experts gathered to call on the House of Representatives to investigate the Trump administration’s termination of TPS in coordination with his 2020 re-election campaign. … More Asking for Investigation on Termination of TPS After Death of Deported Salvadoran Immigrants

TPS Lawsuit: March to Protest Trump Attempt to Deport 400,000 Long-Term Residents

August 13, 2019

Immigrants & Allies March – March to Precede Hearing on Appeal of Ninth District Court Decision that Temporarily Blocked Cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)  On August 14, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear a Trump administration challenge to a preliminary injunction – issued by a federal court last year — that prevented … More TPS Lawsuit: March to Protest Trump Attempt to Deport 400,000 Long-Term Residents

Denouncing Trump’s New Rule Shutting Down Access to Asylum

July 15, 2019

The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) denounces the new interim final rule announced by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security today, which will deny asylum to those seeking protection at our southern border if they do not first apply for asylum from a third country while en route to the United States. This new … More Denouncing Trump’s New Rule Shutting Down Access to Asylum

Denouncing Termination of TPS for El Salvador

January 9, 2018

San Francisco, CA  – The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) denounces the Trump Administration’s heartless decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 200,000 Salvadoran nationals who have been part of our communities for many years. Revoking their status is profoundly inhumane and will exacerbate conditions of violence and instability in El … More Denouncing Termination of TPS for El Salvador