The United States is attempting to work with El Salvador to house violent US criminals and its deportees of any nationality. According to CNN, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that El Salvador agreed to this deal for a fee. Rubio confirmed this after a recent meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
Rubio made a statement about the impending changes: "In an extraordinary friendship to our country (El Salvador) has agreed to the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world." Rubio continued, "The country will continue accepting Salvadoran deportees who illegally entered the US—It will also accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality, be they MS-13 or Tren de Aragua and house them in his jails, he said – referring to two notorious transnational gangs with members from El Salvador and Venezuela. In addition, Bukele has offered to house in his jails dangerous American criminals in custody in our country, including those of US citizenship and legal residents," The US Secretary of State said.
As reported by CNN, UC Berkeley law professor Leti Volpp spoke out about Rubio's statements; in an email to CNN, he stated, "The US is absolutely prohibited from deporting US citizens, whether they are incarcerated or not." Professor Volpp specializes in immigration law and citizenship theory.
President Bukele mentioned the potential agreement on X, explaining that it would give El Salvador a financial boost. He stated, "We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted US citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee."
El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, commonly referred to as CECOT, is the country's largest and newest prison, with a maximum capacity of 40,000 inmates. Bukele's statement continued, "The fee would be relatively low for the US but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable," he added.
This proposition comes in line with several other legislative changes that the Trump administration is attempting, including massive deportation. CNN reported that "The Trump administration has also moved forward in removing protections for 348,000 Venezuelans already residing in the US — revoking a temporary protected status that shielded Venezuelans from deportation and allowed them to remain in the US with work permits."
Several US cities are protesting the Trump Administration's attempt to restructure America or what many Americans call a threat to US "democracy."
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