Senate Vote Puts Lawmakers on Record Regarding the Trump Administration’s Abuse of Power

Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s Senate vote that would—if passed—have obligated the State Department to report on El Salvador’s human rights record, Human Rights First’s President and CEO Uzra Zeya said the following:

“Today Senator Kaine and 44 of his Senate colleagues took an important step to uphold transparency, accountability, and U.S. law. The Trump administration shipped vulnerable people at taxpayer expense, without any due process, to El Salvador, where they now languish in a prison notorious for torture and abuse. The Senators who voted against today’s resolution opted to willfully ignore the consequences of this outrageous abuse of power, abdicating their responsibilities to the people they serve.”