Overview

• President Trump met with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to reaffirm their security partnership and defend the deportation of over 250 alleged gang members to El Salvador.
• Trump proposed the controversial idea of deporting violent U.S. citizens to El Salvador, raising constitutional and legal questions.
• The wrongful deportation of Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran migrant married to a U.S. citizen, remains unresolved despite a Supreme Court order for his return.
• Bukele stated he lacks the authority to assist in returning Ábrego García to the United States, while the Trump administration maintains the deportation was lawful.
• The U.S. government promotes its deportation agreement with El Salvador, supported by $6 million in funding, as a model for regional security despite criticism over human rights violations.