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.
Explainer - What Is El Salvador's Mega-Prison That Could Take US Criminals?
President Bukele, who labels himself as the "coolest dictator" and a "philosopher king," has built election success and immense popularity on an extreme security policy to combat gang violence in El Salvador, incarcerating large quantities of alleged gang members and securing a massive drop in homicides.
Trump administration to study legality of El Salvador offer to host U.S. prisoners
The Trump administration is assessing whether it could take up El Salvador's offer to house U.S. citizens convicted of crimes in its jails, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday, despite the apparent illegality of such a move.
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.
Is El Salvador's offer to jail US deportees of any nationality feasible or fantasy?
The Trump administration is considering a surprise proposal from the Central American nation to incarcerate American deportees — including US citizens
El Salvador's Bold Offer: Housing U.S. Prisoners
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio commended El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele's proposal to house dangerous U.S. criminals in Salvadoran jails. The Trump administration plans to evaluate this offer.
El Salvador offers to house 'dangerous' deportees, including Americans, Sec. Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele in his first overseas diplomatic tour.
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
Rubio says El Salvador's offer to jail violent American criminals faces 'legalities'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “there are obviously legalities involved” in Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals
Rubio: El Salvador is offering to house U.S.-deported criminals
El Salvador on Monday (February 3) offered to house in its jails "dangerous criminals" from anywhere in the world deported by the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after lengthy talks with the Central American country's leader.
El Salvador offers to put American criminals in its mega prison
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he is reviewing an offer from the president of El Salvador to deport not just undocumented immigrants but also American prisoners to a mega-prison in the South American country.
US inmates could be sent to El Salvador prisons under deal being explored by Trump, Rubio
The State Department describes El Salvador’s prisons as “harsh and dangerous.” Its country information webpage says, “In many ...
Rubio touts Bukele's 'generous' offer to jail U.S. citizens in El Salvador, but experts say it's illegal
Current laws “would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,” a ...
Rubio visiting Costa Rica, Guatemala on trip focused on migration and security ties
Top US diplomat says El Salvador offers to accept ‘dangerous criminals’ including US citizens, and deportees of any ...
How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump’s Gaza plan
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his ...
Trump says he's exploring option to send jailed US criminals to other countries
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will press the Trump administration priority of cracking down on immigration when he meets ...
Rubio's Central America tour gives a taste of foreign policy under Trump
The US secretary of state's first trip to Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic affirmed that ...