Secretary of State Marco Rubio said El Salvador agreed to take deportees and 'dangerous' U.S. criminal citizens.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to an 'unprecedented' and 'extraordinary' deal regarding taking in deportees.Why It MattersPresident Donald Trump earlier this month threatened tariffs against Colombia for not accepting deportation flights from the United States.
The move prompted the U.S. State Department to suspend consular services in Bogotá and Customs and Border Protection imposed new inspection protocols on Colombian exports.The threat ultimately led to Colombia agreeing to accept migrants as long as they were not flown back to the country on military aircraft.Newsweek reached out to the State Department via online form and the Consulate of El Salvador via email on Monday night.What To KnowRubio is traveling throughout Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic in the first week of February.In a news release by the State Department, Rubio's goal is, 'to advance President Trump's America First foreign policy.'On Monday night, Rubio announced that El Salvador had agreed to accept not only deportees from other countries but also 'do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentence in the United States even though they're U.S. citizens or legal residents,' according to The Associated Press.The State Department also posted about the migratory agreement on their website. Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in part, 'Multiple agreements were struck to fight the waves of illegal mass migration currently destabilizing the entire region. President Bukele agreed to take back all Salvadoran MS-13 gang members who are in the United States unlawfully. 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.''And in an extraordinary gesture never before extended by any country, President Bukele offered to house in his jails dangerous American criminals, including U.S. citizens and legal residents. Secretary Rubio and President Bukele concluded a civil nuclear cooperation MOU, which was signed by the Secretary and Salvadoran Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco hours later,' Bruce said.What People Are SayingPresident Bukele said on X: 'We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system. We are willing to take in only convicted criminals into our mega-prison in exchange for a fee. The fee would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.'FOX News Channel contributor Guy Benson said on X: 'Our American felons have to remain in domestic prisons, but illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes here getting rewarded with one-way tickets to Salvadoran prisons? Sounds good to me.'Update 2/3/25 10:32 p.m.: This article has been updated with additional information and quotes.Update 2/3/25 10:18 p.m.: This article has been updated with additional information.
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