KerrAg76 said:

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Liars kicking and screaming as they get called out

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My immediate response stands and proven true.

Well, given the Streisand effect of the story, I watched the segment. It raised some important questions, regardless of the CBS independence / liberal bias.

Claims made in the segment with my opinions in bold:
1. We were assured that prisoners sent to CECOT were the worst of the worst. It turns out, several prisoners were migrants with no criminal history (apart from illegally entering the country). If we are going to send human beings to other countries to be incarcerated, and we are reasonably certain we are sending them to hell on Earth, the punishment needs to be proportionate to the crime. Being illegally in the country is not sufficient enough to torture someone for the rest of their life in a 3rd world prison. We got it wrong here, and that isn't ok.
2. CECOT tortures and physically and sexually abuses (accusations of guards using batons to sodomize) criminals. This is just wrong and evil. Prison can be bad enough without beating and sexually assaulting people, I don't care how guilty they are. The US should support human dignity for all people, even criminals. This doesn't require a soft approach, just literally don't beat and sexually assault people as part of your prison policy.

She's factually challenged.

Malibu said:

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Well, given the Streisand effect of the story, I watched the segment. It raised some important questions, regardless of the CBS independence / liberal bias.

Claims made in the segment with my opinions in bold:
1. We were assured that prisoners sent to CECOT were the worst of the worst. It turns out, several prisoners were migrants with no criminal history (apart from illegally entering the country). If we are going to send human beings to other countries to be incarcerated, and we are reasonably certain we are sending them to hell on Earth, the punishment needs to be proportionate to the crime. Being illegally in the country is not sufficient enough to torture someone for the rest of their life in a 3rd world prison. We got it wrong here, and that isn't ok.
2. CECOT tortures and physically and sexually abuses (accusations of guards using batons to sodomize) criminals. This is just wrong and evil. Prison can be bad enough without beating and sexually assaulting people, I don't care how guilty they are. The US should support human dignity for all people, even criminals. This doesn't require a soft approach, just literally don't beat and sexually assault people as part of your prison policy.

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If only the White House response had been included in the piece, we all might be better informed of the facts

I hate "according to people familiar…", so take with a grain of salt.

"CBS News had sought—and received—responses from the Department of Homeland Security, the White House and the State Department, according to people familiar with the matter. The segment, which was available to some viewers in Canada and seen by the Journal, didn’t include the…

— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) December 24, 2025