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We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,
Bukele's post reads
Can the U.S. deport Salvadorans convicted of crimes to El Salvador? Yes. Can El Salvador keep those people in its own prisons? Yes. But as to U.S. citizens, it’s not an immigration question. It’s a prison policy question.”
Fordham's Gordon saidThe U.S. can't deport one of its own citizens. Deportation is for noncitizens only,
said Jennifer Gordon, a law professor at Fordham Law SchoolBut that's not the end of the story. There's a second set of questions about whether the U.S. could transfer a U.S. citizen prisoner to another country to serve their sentence,
she saidPeople have died in El Salvador’s prisons and jails because of torture, a lack of food, unhealthy conditions, an inhuman lack of attention and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment,
Zaira Navas, who authored a report from the group on the deaths, told The Associated Press
We don’t have a death penalty, so we have to imprison them all,
Bukele said last yearIn some cases, authorities buried deceased detainees in mass graves without informing families or conducting adequate investigations,
the group wrote in a July report about the larger Salvadorian prison systemSo, just as President Trump can’t eliminate birthright citizenship by himself, so too the U.S. government cannot deport U.S. citizens, even if they have committed crimes,
Yale-Loehr saidIf we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office
We'll have to study it on our end. There are obviously legalities involved,
Rubio told reporters a day afterward in Costa Rica, where he headed after El SalvadorIt's no different than our prison system, except it would be a lot less expensive, and it would be a great deterrent,
Trump saidFrankly, they could keep them, because these people are never going to be any good,
Trump saidWe're looking at that right now, but we could make deals where we'd get these animals out of our country,
Trump told reporters at the White House
We also understand that we need to strengthen our fight against international organized crime,
Chaves said
In consultation with Congress, USAID may move, reorganize, and integrate certain missions, bureaus and offices into the Department of State, and the remainder of the Agency may be abolished consistent with applicable law,
Rubio wroteI would say if some organization is receiving funds from the United States and does not know how to apply a waiver, then I have real questions about the competence of that organization,
he told reportersIf they’ve been arrested many, many times, they’re repeat offenders by many numbers, I want them out of our country."
In addressing the issue of sending American prisoners overseas while speaking at a Republican conference in Miami last month, Trump said
There are obviously legalities involved. We have a constitution, we have all sorts of things, but it’s a very generous offer.”
Rubio later said
No country's ever made an offer of friendship such as this,
Rubio said
Any unlawful immigrant and illegal immigrant in the United States who is a dangerous criminal — MS-13, Tren de Aragua, whatever it may be — he has offered his jails,
Rubio said