The Trump administration has deported one other 17 males it claims are affiliated with gangs to a Salvadoran jail.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated Monday that the lads had been members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs and had been delivered to the Terrorism Confinement Heart in El Salvador, the place a previous group of some 260 migrants had been taken.
In accordance with a White Home official, the deportations had been carried out below immigration authorities, not the Alien Enemies Act. The White Home been sued over its use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants and has been ordered to droop any deportations below it.
“In order to keep the American people safe, @POTUS designated the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. These criminals will no longer terrorize our communities and citizens,” Rubio wrote on the social platform X.
“Once again, we extend our gratitude to @nayibbukele and the government of El Salvador for their unparalleled partnership in making our countries safe against transnational crime and terrorism.”
President Trump additionally thanked Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for “giving them such a wonderful place to live!”
A latest video Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem posted from the jail confirmed dozens of males with shaved heads crammed right into a cell behind her, organized over three layers of platforms.
The Trump administration has been below hearth for flying males to the jail below alleged gang affiliations with no courtroom listening to.
Courtroom filings from the American Civil Liberties Union, which is difficult using the Alien Enemies Act, contend that most of the migrants had been deported attributable to their tattoos. Most of the cited tattoos, it says, don’t have any reference to the Tren de Aragua gang and embody every part from roses to sports activities references.
