In a major victory for the Trump administration, El Salvador has agreed to accept the return of Salvadoran MS-13 gang members and other violent illegal immigrants from the United States. This agreement, reached during a meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Nayib Bukele, comes amid escalating conflict over Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's refusal to accept Venezuelan citizens the U.S. wishes to send back. El Salvador will also accept and incarcerate members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and other criminal illegal migrants from any country.
‘s administration late Monday, is a major victory for the Trump administration amid conflict over getting Venezuela n dictator Nicolas Maduro to accept all Venezuela n citizens that the U.S. wishes to send back to the country.
The latest agreement with El Salvador came during a “tremendously successful meeting” between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Bukele in San Salvador, according to State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce. “President Bukele agreed to take back all Salvadoran MS-13 gang members who are in the United States unlawfully,” Bruce said in a. “He also promised to accept and incarcerate violent illegal immigrants, including members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, but also criminal illegal migrants from any country.
The government of El Salvador has opened the world’s largest prison as part of the crackdown, a move BukeleThe Rubio-Bukele meeting came just days after the Trump administration rescinded deportation protections that the Biden administration had issued for approximately 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S. during its final days in office.
In this case, the decision to wipe Venezuela’s TPS signaled that the Trump administration may expect to arrest and remove a large number of Venezuelan citizens despite having said it would prioritize arresting and deporting criminals before general immigration offenders. Immigrants convicted of crimes are not eligible for TPS.
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