Fact Check: Can Trump Send Our Worst Criminals to El Salvador? According to This Law, The Answer Is Yes

Fact Check: Can Trump Send Our Worst Criminals to El Salvador? According to This Law, The Answer Is Yes

THE SIGNAL

The Trump administration would appear to have the authority to send illegal immigrants convicted of other crimes to prison in El Salvador, based on a key provision in federal law.
Following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to El Salvador on Monday, the nation’s president Nayib Bukele posted 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 (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT) 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,” …

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