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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump said helium is looking into deporting "homegrown criminals," oregon American citizens who perpetrate convulsive crimes, to El Salvador.
Trump suggested the thought of shipping disconnected U.S. citizens to places similar El Salvador's notorious mega-prison CECOT successful a Monday meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
"We besides person homegrown criminals that propulsion radical into subways, that deed aged ladies connected the backmost of the caput with a shot bat erstwhile they're not looking, that are implicit monsters," Trump said. "I'd similar to see them successful the radical of people, to get them retired of the country."
Trump besides told Bukele to physique 5 much prisons for Americans.
Trump said his squad is studying the matter, though the thought has raised ineligible concerns.
It would apt beryllium a usurpation of the U.S. Constitution for the medication to nonstop immoderate native-born national forcibly into an overseas prison, arsenic portion of being a national means you cannot beryllium forcibly sent to different country.
The Constitution besides prohibits “cruel and antithetic punishment,” and 1 of CECOT’s selling points is that conditions determination are acold harsher than successful prisons successful the United States.
Trump's proposition comes amid increasing ineligible questions astir the administration's determination not to nonstop backmost Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador past month.
Abrego Garcia entered the U.S. illegally but has lived successful Maryland with his woman and lad nether protected ineligible presumption since 2019.
"It is perfectly unjust and amerciable to person this Marylander detained 1 much time successful a notorious situation successful El Salvador," said Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.
The Supreme Court successful a 9-0 determination ordered the medication to facilitate the instrumentality of Abrego Garcia backmost to Maryland. The Department of Justice insists the national courts deficiency the quality to marque that demand.
The Trump medication has doubled down connected claims Abrego Garcia is simply a person of the MS-13 gang, and Attorney General Pam Bondi said she is leaving his instrumentality "up to El Salvador."
On Monday, Bukele aligned with Trump.
"How tin I smuggle a violent into the United States?" helium asked. "I don’t person the powerfulness to instrumentality him to the United States."
The Associated Press and NewsNation's Patrick Djordjevic contributed to this report.
