Rubio claims that the US is deporting ten more gang members to El Salvador

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday that the United States has deported ten more individuals to El Salvador, claiming they are gang members, just one day before the president of that nation is scheduled to visit the White House.

“Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador,” Rubio stated in a post to X.

President Donald Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador have forged an alliance that “has become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere,” Rubio continued.

Bukele and Trump are scheduled to meet at the White House on Monday.

Trump applauded Bukele for removing “enemy aliens” from the United States and stated on Saturday that he was excited to meet him. The two nations, he claimed, were collaborating closely to “eradicate terrorist organizations.”

Officials from the administration have frequently claimed in public that detained immigrants are gang members, claims they have not supported in court.

Hundreds of Venezuelans have been sent to an El Salvadorian prison by the Trump administration under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

The migrants detained in El Salvador have no chance to dispute the U.S. government’s claim that they are gang members, according to their attorneys and family members. As a terrorist group, the Trump administration claims to have screened migrants to make sure they were members of Tren de Aragua.

In federal court, the deportations have been contested. The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. government must provide detained immigrants with enough notice to challenge their deportation. It didn’t specify how people who were already in El Salvador may request a court review of their expulsions.