El Salvador has agreed to accept criminal illegal immigrants of any nationality as the United States works to deport hundreds of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members.
The agreement, announced by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele‘s administration late Monday, is a major victory for the Trump administration amid conflict over getting Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to accept all Venezuelan citizens that the U.S. wishes to send back to the country.
The latest agreement with El Salvador came during a “tremendously successful meeting” between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Bukele in San Salvador, according to State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce.
“President Bukele agreed to take back all Salvadoran MS-13 gang members who are in the United States unlawfully,” Bruce said in a statement. “He also promised to accept and
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