BREAKING: ICE Admits To Deporting Migrants With No Criminal History To El Salvador

This is a stunning admission.

The Trump administration has now admitted that many individuals deported to El Salvador and subjected to hard labor in Salvadoran prisons had no criminal record.

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This shocking revelation highlights a potential gross abuse of power and a blatant disregard for due process, raising serious concerns.

Read the declaration from ICE here.

According to reports, among those deported are:

• A tattoo artist who legally sought asylum in the United States.

• A teenager from Dallas who got a tattoo simply because he thought it looked cool.

• A 26-year-old man whose tattoos, according to his wife, have no connection to gang activity.

Despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials claiming they conducted thorough vetting to determine gang affiliations, the administration has now admitted that they do not actually know for certain whether these individuals were gang members. The government’s own acknowledgment that its information was unreliable exposes a deeply flawed system that deported people based on mere suspicion and profiling rather than verifiable evidence.

What makes this even more alarming is that these deportations were carried out under the Alien Enemies Act, despite a federal judge’s order telling the Administration to turn the planes around. This brazen defiance of a court order represents a dangerous expansion of executive power and sets a precedent where the government operates outside the rule of law.

The implications of this policy are chilling. The U.S. government, acting without independent judicial oversight, rounded up individuals—many of whom had no criminal history—and sent them into dangerous conditions without legal recourse. This blatant violation of due process contradicts one of the fundamental principles of the American legal system.

Every person in the United States, whether documented or not, is entitled to due process under the Constitution. Specifically, everyone in the U.S., including undocumented immigrants, under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. These protections ensure no one can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair legal proceedings.

Deporting individuals without giving them the opportunity to challenge their removal in a fair and open court is a direct assault on their legal rights. This is not just about immigration—it is about whether the government can strip away basic rights from anyone it deems undesirable.

While there is no question that gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua pose serious threats, and that many of those deported were likely gang members, the administration’s indiscriminate approach does not make communities safer. Instead, it erodes trust in the justice system and undermines the rule of law.

This admission raises broader concerns about the treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers in the U.S. It highlights how racial and cultural profiling—rather than legitimate law enforcement—has driven deportation policies. It also underscores the lack of transparency in how ICE determines alleged gang affiliations.