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, two sources familiar with the internal deliberations told CBS News.
The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador, blocking them from requesting asylum in the U.S. Instead, the migrants would be deported with instructions to seek asylum in El Salvador, which would be designated a "safe third country."
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.
One 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.
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After seeing what Trump just did to Colombia, I’m gonna assume that Bukele will be eager to make such a deal ASAP.
Will 100% get done and given the president is simp for maga. And then force those people to self deport to their country or get locked up in one of the new prisons.
This will force the hand of most countries to accepts their citizens.