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We'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
I 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 reportersI’m just saying if we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office
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 wroteIf 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
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We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,
Bukele wrote on X after Rubio's statement
No country's ever made an offer of friendship such as this,
Rubio saidAny 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 saidWe are profoundly grateful. I spoke to President Trump about this earlier today,
he saidIt is a bizarre and unprecedented proposal being made potentially between two authoritarian, populist, right wing leaders seeking a transactional relationship,
said Gellman, an international politics scholar
Overcrowding constitutes a serious threat to prisoners’ health and lives,
the advisory saysWhat are we? Backyards, front yards, or garbage dumps
he said at a press conference, referring to both El Salvador and other Central American countries receiving migrants expelled by the USThe US is absolutely prohibited from deporting US citizens, whether they are incarcerated or not,
Leti Volpp, a law professor at UC Berkeley who specializes in immigration law and citizenship theory, told CNN over emailHe has offered to house in his jails dangerous American criminals in custody in our country, including those with US citizenship and legal residency. No country’s ever made an offer of friendship such as this. We are profoundly grateful,
the former Florida senator added
We can send them and he will put them in his jails." ... And, he's also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentences in the United States even though they're U.S. citizens or legal residents."
Speaking about migrants and deportees, Rubio said ... He added
One of the highest priorities of the Department of State and U.S. embassies and consulates abroad is to provide assistance to U.S. citizens incarcerated abroad,
the department says on its website, where it lists the services it provides to detained U.S. citizensUnderstand that you are subject to the local laws and regulations while visiting or living in the country—follow them."
The U.S. Department of State tells AmericansWe also have many violent criminals in our country, however, that did not necessarily come here illegally but have been arrested 30 times, 35 times, 41, 42 times ... for murder [and] other heinous charges. I don't want these violent repeat offenders in our country any more than I want illegal aliens from other countries in."
He said