Trump pushes alleged gang members by law from 1798 – El Salvador locks them in. Now he meets President Bukele.
Washington, DC/San Salvador-the US government under President Donald Trump once again deported ten alleged gang members to El Salvador. Already in March there were over 200 Venezuelan migrants-according to US information, members of the notorious drug gang tren de Aragua- In consultation with the Salvadorian government was accommodated in a high -security prison.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday (April 13) on the platform X, the recently deported to the organizations of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Tren de Aragua, which were classified as terroristically. The “criminals” were flown to El Salvador on Saturday evening.
Trump receives President of El Salvador: “Role for security and prosperity”
On Monday, US President Donald Trump welcomes the Salvadorian head of state Nayib Bukele in the White House. Above all, it should be about further deportations to the Central American country – and possible political or economic consideration. Perhaps a loosening of the recently imposed US criminal offices of ten percent?
Trump was pleased with the upcoming visit on his Truth Social platform. For a video that documents the deportations, he wrote: “We are happy to receive President Bukele tomorrow in the White House.” The video shows how a US military machine ends up in El Salvador. The alleged gang members of the Salvadorian police are handed over under severe guard. Then you can see how the men are transferred to a high -security prison. There your head is shaved before you are locked up in cells.
In an earlier contribution, Trump praised El Salvador’s willingness to record dangerous people: “President Bukele has generously included some of the world’s most violent foreign enemies in the world. Rubio described the alliance between Trump and Bukele as a “role model for security and prosperity” in the region.
Trump has 1798 deported: “Alien Enemies Act” – against foreign enemies
The Trump government relies on the deportation on the “Alien Enemies Act”, in German, for example, “Law on Foreign State enemies”, from 1798. This law enables the president to avoid usual procedures before immigration courts in order to arrest and deport such foreigners that come from an “enemy nation”. At the time, the law was considered war law, in the early days of the United States and has been used every now and then in the event of war. Trump now relies on it – even without a war.
Federal judges from Texas and New York temporarily stopped deportation plans. The Supreme US Court of Justice has now allowed the continuation of the deportation practice for the time being-but on the condition that affected migrants are given the opportunity to act legally against their expulsion.
Trump pushes alleged gang members: Flat -rate criminalization?
Meanwhile, human rights organizations and lawyers criticize the general criminalization of the deported. According to the lawyers, some would never have committed a crime and were classified as gang members because of striking tattoos, reports the news agency AFP.
The case of the Salvadorian immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García, who was mistakenly deported, attracted a lot of attention. The USSupreme Court In the meantime, the Trump government has asked to stand up for Ábrego’s release from the prison in El Salvador and his return to the United States. (LW)
