Trump Says He Would Jail Americans in El Salvador ‘in a Heartbeat’
The proposal is almost certainly illegal, experts said, but President Trump’s eagerness to entertain it showed his willingness to embrace extreme measures to demonstrate he is tough on crime.
What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there
Rubio says El Salvador’s offer to jail violent American criminals faces ‘legalities’
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals raises clear legal issues but described it as “very generous” and said that President Donald Trump would make a decision on whether to accept it.
El Salvador Offers to Detain U.S. Deportees and Imprison U.S. Convicted Criminals
A U.S. official said the Trump administration had no current plans to try to deport American citizens—but said Bukele’s offer was significant.
Rubio touts ‘generous' offer to jail US citizens in El Salvador. Experts say it's illegal
Current laws “would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,” a former U.S. attorney said.
Rubio lauds El Salvador's offer to put U.S. deportees, including American criminals, in "mega-prison"
After meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio, El Salvador's president has offered to house U.S. deportees and even American inmates in his country's "mega-prison."
Can Trump jail Americans in El Salvador jails? He says 'in a heartbeat if...
It is illegal to send US prisoners to another country and would likely be in violation of the Constitution and the protection against cruel and unusual treatment
El Salvador’s Offer to Take in US Deportees and Violent Criminals Is Unlike Any Other Migrant Deal
El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally as well as the country’s violent criminals — even if they’re American citizens
What to Know About El Salvador’s ‘Unprecedented’ Offer for the U.S. to ‘Outsource’ Its Detention of Prisoners and Deportees
Under U.S. immigration law, a country such as El Salvador can accept someone deported from the U.S. who isn’t a citizen of that country if the person’s homeland refuses to accept them, says Theresa Cardinal Brown, a former homeland security official under the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
El Salvador Agrees to 'Unprecedented' Migrant Deal, Marco Rubio Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said El Salvador agreed to take deportees and "dangerous" U.S. criminal citizens.
Rubio says El Salvador has offered to jail US criminals and deportees of any nationality
He met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and senior officials at Bukele's residence on Lake Coatepeque outside the capital for almost three hours, where they agreed to go beyond El Salvador's acceptance of its own deported citizens.
Anna Paulina Luna to lead El Salvador Caucus delegation to meet with Bukele
El Salvador Caucus Co-chairwoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) will lead a delegation to El Salvador to meet with Salvadoran ...
Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti as U.S pulls funding
A military contingent from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to bolster a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to ...