President Donald Trump on Monday is internet hosting El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, the self-described “world’s coolest dictator” who has change into a key ally within the administration’s controversial migrant deportations.
The 2 males greeted one another exterior the White Home and shook palms earlier than heading inside for a bilateral assembly within the Oval Workplace.
There, they are going to possible face reporter questions on the usage of El Salvador’s infamous mega-prison CECOT to deal with migrants faraway from the U.S. and the continued authorized dispute concerning the wrongful deportation of a migrant from Maryland, Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The Supreme Court docket has ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia. Trump on Friday mentioned, “If the Supreme Court docket mentioned convey anyone again, I might inform them to try this. I respect the Supreme Court docket.”
Trump appeared to amend that assertion, although, in a social media publish over the weekend the place he advised the destiny of these deported now rests with Bukele.
“Trying ahead to seeing President Bukele, of El Salvador, on Monday! Our Nations are working intently collectively to eradicate terrorist organizations, and construct a way forward for Prosperity. President Bukele has graciously accepted into his Nation’s custody among the most violent alien enemies of the World and, specifically, america,” Trump wrote. “These barbarians are actually within the sole custody of El Salvador, a proud and sovereign Nation, and their future is as much as President B and his Authorities.”
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Power One, through the flight from Palm Seaside to Joint Base Andrews, as he returns to the White Home in Washington, April 13, 2025.
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The Justice Division argued in courtroom filings that the courts had “no authority” to direct how the manager department engages in overseas relations and argued the administration couldn’t intrude with El Salvador’s sovereignty. One other listening to is about within the case for Tuesday.
Forward of Monday’s assembly, President Trump mentioned he thought Bukele was “doing a incredible job” and “taking good care of a whole lot of issues that we have now that we actually would not be capable of care for from a value standpoint.”
“We now have some very dangerous individuals in that jail, individuals that ought to have by no means been allowed into our nation, people who homicide drug sellers, among the worst individuals on Earth are in that jail and he is in a position to try this,” Trump advised reporters on Air Power One as he returned to Washington from Florida on Sunday.
When pressed additional concerning the alleged human rights abuses reported at CECOT, President Trump mentioned, “I do not see it. I do not see that occuring.”
The Trump administration has deported lots of of migrants they allege to be Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, although have performed so with seemingly little due course of.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a social media publish over the weekend, mentioned the efforts continued with one other 10 alleged criminals related to MS-13 and Tren de Aragua deported to El Salvador.
Rubio wrote that the “alliance” between Trump and Bukele “has change into an instance for safety and prosperity in our hemisphere.”
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele delivers a speech through the inauguration of the Key Institute, a personal establishment of upper training specializing in engineering and science in San Salvador, March 19, 2025.
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Salvadoran jail guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang just lately deported by the U.S. authorities on the CECOT jail, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 12, 2025.
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Plus, Trump and a number of other officers have floated sending U.S. residents convicted of violent crimes to the notorious El Salvador jail — one thing authorized consultants have mentioned would violate the Structure.
“The president has mentioned this concept fairly a couple of instances publicly. He is additionally mentioned it privately,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt advised reporters final week.
“These can be heinous, violent criminals who’ve damaged our nation’s legal guidelines repeatedly. And these are violent repeat offenders in American streets,” Leavitt continued.
“The president has mentioned if it is authorized, proper, if there’s a authorized pathway to try this, he is unsure. We aren’t certain if there may be. It is an concept that he has merely floated and has mentioned, very publicly, as within the effort of transparency,” she mentioned.