Two women who were taken to El Salvador as part of Donald Trump's mass deportation policy say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deceived them about their destination, and the chaotic process resulted in them being returned to the U.

NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S RECENT admission that officials made a mistake in sending an undocumented Salvadoran to a prison in his native country as part of its deport-now/ask-questions-later policy is more than a story of one man’s tragedy. Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case poses a direct challenge to the bedrock principle of the right to due process.

The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administration has apparently not moved to correct its mistake.

An ICE official has said many of those deported did not have criminal records. In February 2023, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted to social media a tightly edited video with dramatic ...

The Trump administration has invoked the state secrets privilege to withhold information from a federal judge about deportation flights carrying Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador.

The judge gave the administration until Monday night to return Abrego Garcia to the United States from the Salvadoran prison where he is being held. Abrego Garcia's family and supporters ...