'Homegrowns are next': Trump asks El Salvador's president to build prisons for US citizens

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19. 'El Salvador's Offer to House U.S. Prisoners Is Illegal, It is illegal to expatriate U.S. citizens for a crime.'

"So what are the conditions like inside the prison in El Salvador where people are likely to be sent? The Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT), a 40,000-capacity megaprison 45 miles from the capital San Salvador that opened in 2023, is a place where prisoners receive no visitors, do not participate in any rehabilitative or educational programming, and do not spend any time outside. The prison was constructed as part of Bukele’s campaign to eliminate crime and gangs. The result: more than 84,000 arrests in the country since March of 2022, almost entirely without due process. Bukele suspended basic rights such as access to attorneys and the right to a speedy trial through his 'State of Exception,' making it simpler to arrest, prosecute, and imprison suspected gang members."

"As of January 2024, El Salvador had the highest incarceration rate on the planet, with more than 1,000 people in prison per 100,000 residents. Notably, Senator Ossoff, in his letter to Rubio and Bondi, pointed out that the U.S. State Department warns U.S. citizens who travel to the country about Bukele’s declaration of a 'State of Exception' and notes that those released from some of the country’s prisons 'reported a lack of food and potable water and being limited to two tortillas, one spoonful of beans, and one glass of water per day.' Human rights advocates have found more than 6,000 violations in the country’s justice system, including 'arbitrary detentions, torture, due process violations, enforced disappearances, and 366 deaths within state custody.'"

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/el-salvadors-offer-house-us-prisoners-illegal