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El Salvador offers to accept deportees and US nationals in outsourcing of US prison system
euronews (in English)
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04/02/2025
President Bukele said his country will accept convicted criminals of all nationalities, including US citizens, into its prison system for a fee.
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El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, has offered to accept deportees of any nationality
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from the U.S., including U.S. citizens convicted of crimes.
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He's also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving
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their sentence in the United States, even though they're U.S. citizens or legal residents,
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.
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The president, in an act of extraordinary friendship to our country, knowing the challenges
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we face in the U.S., has agreed to the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory
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agreement anywhere in the world.
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Human rights activists have warned that El Salvador lacks a consistent policy for the
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treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, and that such an agreement might not be limited
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to violent criminals.
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Furthermore, the U.S. government cannot deport American citizens, and such a move would be
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met with significant legal challenges.
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Also on Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the U.S.-Mexico border.
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He met with troops near El Paso in Texas and called President Trump's border security
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policies a, quote, new era of determination and cooperation.
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