The Trump administration is reportedly working on an asylum agreement with El Salvador’s government to allow the United States to deport migrants from other countries to the Central American nation.
According to CBS News, the arrangement is referred to as a “Safe Third Country” agreement.
The agreement would permit U.S. immigration officials to block migrants requesting asylum in the United States and deport them to El Salvador.
The migrants would receive instructions to seek asylum in the “safe third country.”
Report: The Trump administration is developing an asylum agreement with the El Salvador’s government that would allow the U.S. to deport migrants to El Salvador
This would block migrants from requesting asylum in the U.S. The migrants would seek asylum in El Salvador
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CBS News reports:
The plan, if finalized, would revive an agreement the first Trump administration brokered with El Salvador’s government, though that accord was never implemented and was eventually terminated by former President Joe Biden’s administration.
A safe third country agreement could be a significant breakthrough for the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration plans, allowing it to deport migrants from different countries, including Venezuela, that limit or outright reject U.S. deportations of their citizens.
ADVERTISEMENTOne of the internal plans under consideration would allow the U.S. to send deportation flights to El Salvador that include suspected members of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang that President Trump has made a focal point of his crackdown on illegal immigration. Hours after his inauguration, Mr. Trump directed officials to start the process of designating Tren de Aragua a terrorist group.
BREAKING: President Trump is in talks with El Salvador President, Nayib Bukele on the creation of the “Safe Third Country” agreement.
This agreement would allow the US to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador, and also block them from requesting asylum in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/zkIIqSVB4h
— Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) January 26, 2025
WATCH:
The Trump administration is developing an asylum agreement with El Salvador’s government that would allow the U.S. to deport migrants to the small Central American country who are not from there, CBS News’ @camiloreports reports. One plan under consideration would allow the U.S.… pic.twitter.com/4NmfLb5RRa
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Per Newsmax:
Administration officials began sending deportees on U.S. military planes back to Guatemala and El Salvador, Bloomberg reported Friday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the start of military flights in a post on X that included a picture of shackled men boarding a cargo plane, without saying their destination.
The asylum plan being discussed with El Salvador would revive an agreement the first Trump administration brokered but was never implemented. It eventually was terminated under then-President Joe Biden.
El Salvador is one of the stops for Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his trip to Latin America set to start later this week, ABC News reported.
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