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How Trump Brought Home a Murderer - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

How Trump Brought Home a Murderer - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Update: 2025-08-18
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Characteristic of this administration’s over-the-top but never-thought-out immigration enforcement, Trump traded more than 250 Venezuelans who had been deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison for 10 Americans who were being held prisoner in Venezuela—including a man convicted of a triple homicide. 


Guest:  Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer at the New Yorker and author of Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis.


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How Trump Brought Home a Murderer - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

How Trump Brought Home a Murderer - What Next | Daily News and Analysis