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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00:00El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, has offered to accept deportees of any nationality
00:07from the U.S., including U.S. citizens convicted of crimes.
00:14He's also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving
00:18their sentence in the United States, even though they're U.S. citizens or legal residents,
00:23U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.
00:27The president, in an act of extraordinary friendship to our country, knowing the challenges
00:33we face in the U.S., has agreed to the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory
00:40agreement anywhere in the world.
00:45Human rights activists have warned that El Salvador lacks a consistent policy for the
00:49treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, and that such an agreement might not be limited
00:54to violent criminals.
00:57Furthermore, the U.S. government cannot deport American citizens, and such a move would be
01:01met with significant legal challenges.
01:05Also on Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the U.S.-Mexico border.
01:10He met with troops near El Paso in Texas and called President Trump's border security
01:15policies a, quote, new era of determination and cooperation.