Rubio Says El Salvador Agrees to House Criminal Deportees of Any Nationality From US in Its Jails

The State Department said that multiple agreements were agreed on to fight the waves of illegal mass migration destabilizing the region.
Rubio Says El Salvador Agrees to House Criminal Deportees of Any Nationality From US in Its Jails
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque in El Congo municipality, El Salvador, on Feb. 3, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has agreed to accept deported criminal illegal immigrants from the United States of any nationality, in what he called the “most unprecedented” migratory agreement in the world.

At a signing ceremony for a civil nuclear agreement with El Salvador’s foreign minister, Rubio said that Bukele has offered his “full cooperation” in U.S. illegal immigrant deportation efforts, including agreeing to take in “dangerous American criminals” with U.S. citizenship.