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As of this week, more than 280 men and young adults have languished in El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison for 100 days, cut off from their families, lawyers, and communities. As a reminder, the Trump regime shipped these men to a foreign torture prison, many in defiance of a court’s order. It is a human rights emergency, a stain on the nation’s conscience, and a blight on your reputation that their imprisonment has lasted this long. The men detained in CECOT are fathers, sons, and neighbors. The U.S. government tore them from their communities and sent them away in secret, with no notice, no attorneys, and no due process. Since then, their families and lawyers have been left to rely on brief glimpses of faces on television screens to confirm if they are still alive. And after 100 days, we still don’t know: - How many people have been disappeared — or why - The extent of the abuses occurring inside CECOT's walls - Their current physical and mental health conditions Disappearances are the tools of authoritarian regimes — not of a democracy that values justice, due process, and its constitution. If you don’t demand their return, these men will continue to languish, and some will likely die. This is a direct violation of the Constitution, our commitments under the Refugee Convention, and a betrayal of American values. - mDemand the immediate return of those wrongfully disappeared to CECOT - Condemn the use of the Alien Enemies Act to disappear immigrants from the U.S. - Oppose the reconciliation bill and any funding that enables these disappearances Lives are in ruins because YOU aren’t man enough to DO YOUR JOB.