These men were never intended to spend the rest of their lives at CECOT, nor did they. All were released in July 2025 to their home country of Venezuela, and they were in El Salvador for a total of 125 days.
Kristi Noem indicated publicly that they should stay there "the rest of their lives."
> nor did they. All were released in July 2025 to their home country of Venezuela, and they were in El Salvador for a total of 125 days.
No kidding. Things did not play out that way because the intention was just for a few months of torture for those people before they'd eventually be deported to Venezuela anyway, it was because of the legal and political uproar over what had been done.