Monday, May 12, 2025

Sign the petition: Senate will vote THIS WEEK on holding Trump accountable for El Salvador prison deportations

TELL THE SENATE: A vote THIS WEEK can hold Trump accountable for defying court orders and sending nearly 300 people to a brutal El Salvador mega-prison. Sign the petition: Hold Trump to account for illegally sending people to an El Salvador prison.

Harris,

When the Trump administration ignored the courts to send 300 people to El Salvador's brutal CECOT mega-prison, Trump violated the law.

That's why Senate Democrats are holding a vote THIS WEEK to hold Trump accountable. If the vote succeeds, Trump will be forced to answer for his failure to comply with court orders and his collusion with El Salvador to violate human rights. If Trump doesn't produce answers, all security assistance to Trump's ally and collaborator, El Salvador's President Bukele, will be cut off.1

This is a rare opportunity for Congress to force Trump's hand and condemn his cruel policies.

Sign the petition: Urge your Senators to vote YES on holding Trump accountable for illegally sending people to an El Salvador prison. The vote will happen this week, so take action now.

Trump's deportations to the Bukele regime are both a constitutional crisis and a human rights disaster. El Salvador's own justice minister says the only way out of CECOT is "in a coffin."2

Senator Chris Van Hollen spoke on Trump's travesty of justice after returning from seeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador, the man the Trump administration admits to sending to CECOT by mistake. "The American people deserve answers on this clear defiance of our nation's constitutional rights and the extent of El Salvador's complicity in this scheme, as well its human rights abuses."3

Our Senators must vote Yes for this resolution, human rights, and the rule of law.

Sign the petition: Hold Trump accountable for his illegal, unconstitutional actions — a vote in the Senate is imminent!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

P.S. You can see where your Senators currently stand on this critical vote to hold Trump accountable here.

Sources:

  1. Office of Senator Tim Kaine, "Kaine, Van Hollen, Schumer & Padilla to Force Senate Vote Demanding Answers on Trump Administration's Compliance with Court Orders and El Salvador's Horrific Human Rights Record," May 1, 2025.
  2. New York Times, "The Emergency Is Here," April 17, 2025.
  3. Office of Senator Tim Kaine, "Kaine, Van Hollen, Schumer & Padilla to Force Senate Vote Demanding Answers on Trump Administration's Compliance with Court Orders and El Salvador's Horrific Human Rights Record," May 1, 2025.

 


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