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Why Sending "The Homegrowns" to Foreign Prisons is a Red Line in the Democratic Backslide

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Apr 15, 2025
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“Homegrowns are next, the homegrowns. You gotta build about five more places,” President Donald Trump quipped to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele during a recent Oval Office meeting​.

In that chilling moment, caught on a livestream from Bukele’s office, Trump urged the Salvadoran leader to expand his notorious new prison – the Centro de Confinamiento…

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