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El Salvador

Sovereign state in Central America

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Jan 25, 2026
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How many deaths were there in the deportation process when Obama was in office

The count depends on what is being measured: in custody during the Obama administration according to a FOIA-based NGO report, while independent reporting has identified dozens of deportees who were mu...

Dec 12, 2025
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How many people have gone missing in ice custody

Available reporting and advocacy tallies indicate thousands of people have been reported “missing” from ICE/DHS public records since early 2025: a crowd‑sourced tracker claims 5,784 disappeared beginn...

Jan 21, 2026
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How many immigrants died during Barack Obama’s presidency,

Answer depends on the question’s definition: if the inquiry targets deaths of people while in U.S. federal immigration custody during , reporting based on government records and later FOIA-based inves...

Oct 27, 2025

Are legal immigrants being deported by ICE?

Legal immigrants, including lawful permanent residents and visa holders, have been detained—and in some documented cases deported—by ICE in 2025 under expanded enforcement policies and through adminis...

Nov 21, 2025

Where have all the persons been deported to by nation

Available reporting shows the U.S. deportation picture is complex: federal agencies publish country-by-country removals and returns, and independent trackers report both hundreds of thousands of remov...

Dec 10, 2025

Which countries have signed trade deals with the U.S. under Trump (including post-2024 activities)?

The Trump administration since January 2025 has announced a string of bilateral “reciprocal” trade agreements, frameworks, and fact sheets naming at least the United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, So...

Nov 22, 2025

did venezuela empty its prisons and insane asylums so they can come to the the united states

There is no credible evidence in current reporting that Venezuela has carried out a systematic program to "empty its prisons and insane asylums" and send those people to the United States; multiple fa...

Dec 10, 2025

Have any US citizens been wrongfully deported since January 2025 and where were cases reported?

Reporting and public records show multiple instances in 2025 where U.S. government removal operations produced cases that courts and advocates have called “wrongful deportations,” including at least f...

Oct 21, 2025

How many US citizens have been deported by ICE in 2024?

Public records and recent reporting show no authoritative, single-count confirmation that ICE deported any U.S. citizens in 2024; federal statements assert ICE does not deport citizens while investiga...

Nov 21, 2025

How many trade deals has trump finalized for the usa this year?

Available reporting and government releases show the Trump administration announced or finalized multiple trade-related deals and frameworks during 2025, including framework or final agreements with a...

Jan 25, 2026

Have people legally in the US or US citizens been deported?

and lawsuits show that people who are legally in the , including some who are U.S. citizens, have been wrongly detained and in documented instances deported; the scale is contested because federal age...

Nov 15, 2025

is bukele a muslim?

Public reporting and government sources show Nayib Bukele is not publicly identified as a Muslim: his father and some brothers are practicing Muslims, while Bukele has repeatedly said he does not belo...

Dec 6, 2025

When did Donald Trump call some countries 'shithole' and which countries did he mean? (January 2018)

President Donald Trump used the phrase “shithole” during an Oval Office immigration meeting on or about January 11–12, 2018, reportedly criticizing immigration from Haiti, El Salvador and “some parts ...

Nov 4, 2025

Have there been any instances of ICE detaining or deporting US citizens by mistake?

Multiple investigations and lawsuits document instances where immigration agents detained or deported people who were U.S. citizens or had protected status, revealing systemic errors, at least dozens ...

Nov 15, 2025

What religion does Nayib Bukele's family follow and how visible is it?

Nayib Bukele comes from a family with visible Muslim roots: his father, Armando Bukele Kattán, converted to Islam, became a leading imam and founded mosques in El Salvador, and several of Nayib’s brot...

Dec 6, 2025

Which countries did Trump reportedly refer to as "shithole" countries in January 2018?

Reports from January 2018 say President Donald Trump used the phrase “shithole countries” during an Oval Office meeting to describe Haiti, El Salvador and “African countries” broadly (see contemporane...

Jan 12, 2026

Gun related death per capita for all countries

A complete, per-capita accounting of gun-related deaths exists in international datasets but cannot be sensibly printed in full here; authoritative compilations include the UNODC-derived Our World in ...

Dec 11, 2025

Are there documented cases of US citizens or legal immigrants wrongly deported under Donald Trump?

Multiple mainstream outlets and court records document instances in 2025 where people the government later acknowledged or courts found were removed improperly — including U.S. citizens and lawful res...

Oct 20, 2025

What are the key Supreme Court cases regarding due process for non-citizens?

The materials present several key claims: recent Supreme Court actions have allowed certain deportations under the Alien Enemies Act while affirming , the Court ordered relief for a mistakenly deporte...

Dec 14, 2025

How do crime rates in San Salvador compare to other Central American capitals?

San Salvador (and El Salvador broadly) has seen a dramatic fall in homicides since 2015 — official figures and analysts place national homicide rates at about 1.9 per 100,000 in 2024 and even lower by...