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 boys have been members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs and have been dropped at the Terrorism Confinement Middle in El Salvador, the place a previous group of some 260 migrants have been taken.
In keeping with a White Home official, the deportations have been carried out underneath 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 underneath 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 underneath fireplace for flying males to the jail underneath alleged gang affiliations with out a courtroom listening to.
Court docket filings from the American Civil Liberties Union, which is difficult using the Alien Enemies Act, contend that lots of the migrants have been deported resulting from their tattoos. Lots of the cited tattoos, it says, haven’t any reference to the Tren de Aragua gang and embody all the things from roses to sports activities references.
