Trump said it out loud: He wants to deport Americans to El Salvador’s CECOT

U.S. citizens could be on a plane to El Salvador next

There should be little doubt that the president who ran on mass deportations could easily embrace mass incarcerations, preferably at cheap foreign prisons.

'Simply no dispute': Legal expert says there is 'no loophole' to allow Trump's latest plan

President Donald Trump has been making it increasingly clear that he would like to start deport American citizens to foreign prisons, but experts agree there's no legal basis that would allow him to do that. The president reportedly thinks it's an "80-20" issue, meaning that he believes a vast m...

"Homegrowns are next": Trump hopes to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad, El Salvador's president would oblige

President Trump says his administration is actively exploring a proposal to detain U.S. citizens and send them to prisons in El Salvador.

Can Trump Really Deport US Citizens to El Salvador?

President Donald Trump has been testing the boundaries of his authority over US immigration policy since he began his second term of office, but he hinted at taking things to a new level when he said he’d support deporting US citizens to a prison in El Salvador.

Trump claims he would be “loved” by deporting U.S. criminals to El Salvador By: Samantha Waldenberg and Donald Judd, CNN en Español US President Donald Trump said he would love to deport U.S. criminals to El Salvador in an interview broadcast on Tuesday, repeating a comment he made at the Oval Office on Monday, sitting next to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. “I call them local criminals,” Trump told Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, in a tap…

Real photo shows tied-up, stripped men in Salvadoran prison — just not the one receiving US deportees in 2025

In 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump deported alleged gang members to a prison in El Salvador.