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Maryland Senator Flies to El Salvador to Beg for Criminal To Bring Back to US

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If the past 10 years hasn’t been enough to convince people that Democrat politicians have literally lost their minds and their souls, then the latest from Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen may do the trick. At issue is a man the media insists on describing only as a “Maryland man.” He is not merely, or even really, a “Maryland man.”

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an El Salvador citizen who has been in the US illegally for years before being deported back to El Salvador by the Trump administration. Why was he deported? Because he was here illegally, but also because two immigration courts agreed with border officials that he was part of the infamous international and violent MS-13 gang. 

Over the past few weeks the Trump administration and the activist federal courts have been tussling over Garcia. Federal courts have tried to stop the Trump administration from deporting foreign aliens, including Garcia. Some claim Garcia was here “legally” although he’s an illegal (no, it can’t be made to make sense), and judge James Boasberg is hopping mad that the executive branch did not obey his probably-extra-legal order to turn planes around in mid-air and bring illegals back to the U.S. 

Whatever the true details of this fine legal wrangling, it boils down to this: The Democrats and the courts are moving heaven and earth to bring back to the U.S. an El Salvadoran man who is in El Salvador. There isn’t any way to look at this and come up with any legal or moral framework that makes sense. 

In comes Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, whose heart so bleeds for Garcia that he, Van Hollen, got on a plane to El Salvador in hopes of talking the country’s president into releasing Garcia back to the United States. Yes, really. 

You’ve got to hand it to Van Hollen; he has chutzpah. Here he is in front of microphones demanding that El Salvador’s president Naybi Bukele give Garcia, an El Salvador citizen, to him to take back to the U.S.!

El Salvador, in more diplomatic language, told the senator to piss off. 

Let’s see what the American public had to say on X. 

This one’s brutal and funny. 

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Piers Morgan Deconstructs the Left over Alleged Pro-Hamas Organizer Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation

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Talk Show host Piers Morgan demolished the radical left by calling them out over their hypocrisy in defending the alleged pro-Hamas organizer fighting deportation.

Mahmoud Khalil is accused of helping pro-Hamas agitators at Columbia University and Barnard College campuses in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. He currently holds a green card, but an immigration judge recently ruled that he could be removed from the country. Khalil’s lawyer says he will appeal, and the individual has until April 23 to apply for asylum. 

Appearing on Bill Maher’s “Real Time” program, Morgan pointed out that the left would have responded differently if a white individual had organized pro–white supremacy protests in the same manner as the alleged pro-Hamas activist.

“All right, what if I was a young student at Columbia, there on a green card, British, come in, happy to be here, doing my paperwork, get to Columbia, and I start leading a group which is a bunch of white supremacists, and we start terrorizing black students in the way that they are terrorizing Jewish students,” he stated.

“In that circumstance, would we all be as comfortable with this? Or is it the reality, which was exposed by the mobs at Columbia, which is that for some reason, Jews get treated differently to anybody else when it comes to this kind of thing?”

According to Morgan, if a white immigrant had targeted Black students in the same way pro-Hamas agitators allegedly organized by Khalil were targeting Jewish students, they would be removed almost immediately, and the Left would not raise eyebrows.

Similarly, Morgan pointed out that if the pro-Hamas activist had openly expressed his radical views during his green card interview, his request likely would have been denied.

“What about if he had said all of this at his green card interview? Would he have got a green card? No. If he said, ‘I support a prescribed terror group in the United States,’ you’re not coming in on a green card,” Morgan asked.

“But the idea that he would have said, ‘I support Hamas. I support a global intifada. I support the destruction of Western civilization. Now give me a green card to come and live in America.’  F*** off!”

The alleged pro-Hamas sympathizer incident is hardly the first in which Democrats are showing their double standards. Recently, a group of Democrats said they plan to visit an alleged MS-13 gang member deported to El Salvador in a show of solidarity. Trump has designated MS-13 and Tren de Aragua as “foreign terrorist organizations.” 

“Kilmar [Abrego Garcia] was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.”

Yet, the same Democrats hardly join the grieving families of victims killed by illegal immigrants and violent gangs. Biden even apologized for calling the Laken Riley killer an “illegal” immigrant. Similarly, all but seven Senate Democrats voted against the Laken Riley Act, which aims to prevent more murders by illegal immigrants. 

Once again, Democrats prove that illegal immigrants, terrorist sympathizers, and criminals have more rights and are more desirable than law-abiding American citizens.

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Stephen Miller Torches Van Hollen for Backing Deported Illegal Alien “Terrorist”

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Democratic lawmakers are drawing sharp criticism from Trump administration officials after Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen publicly defended a deported illegal migrant from El Salvador, prompting a broader debate over the Democrat Party’s alignment with individuals removed under criminal deportation orders.

On Tuesday, Sen. Van Hollen announced that he was preparing to travel to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a previously deported migrant who had been living in Maryland.

“I’m flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return,” Van Hollen said in a statement.

The senator added that Garcia “shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family [in Maryland],” igniting a backlash from Trump administration officials who emphasized Garcia’s legal status and prior deportation order.

“Senator Van Hollen seems to be under the very confused impression that this MS-13 terrorist is his constituent,” said Stephen Miller, senior advisor to President Donald Trump and chief architect of the administration’s immigration policy.

“He is [El Salvador] President Nayib Bukele’s constituent… He is not a ‘Maryland man.’ He is not a Maryland anything,” Miller stated. “He is an illegal alien from El Salvador with a deportation order from the United States.”

Miller added that Garcia’s presence in the United States was already determined to be unlawful by a judge, saying, “Under the Due Process that these Democrats so venerate for illegal invaders, it is legally impermissible for him to have one more minute in this country. So we honor the law and obey the law by getting him out of this country.”

The Trump advisor warned that Democrats’ public defense of individuals with gang affiliations could carry political consequences.

“If the entire Democrat Party was to work itself into a state of emotional hysteria to demand the return of illegal gang members and terrorists to our shores, then that 21 percent [polling support] will soon be 15 [percent] and then will be 11 [percent] and then all they will have left will be actual, confirmed MS-13 members.”

Polling data continues to show widespread support for President Trump’s immigration policies.

According to a Breitbart News report published April 15, 74 percent of voters support the deportation of illegal aliens who have committed crimes.

Additionally, 70 percent support closing the southern border, with only 30 percent opposing the measure.

Despite public opinion, Democrats have continued to pressure immigration authorities and elevate cases like Garcia’s. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), himself a former illegal immigrant, has pledged to join Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador.

Garcia’s case initially drew attention due to a 2019 deportation order that was temporarily paused by a judge who cited potential threats from gangs in El Salvador.

However, with President Bukele’s administration undertaking an aggressive crackdown on gang activity — including the detainment of thousands of gang members in the high-security CECOT prison — immigration officials under President Trump argue that the original rationale for delaying the deportation is no longer valid.

ABC News and other media outlets have described Garcia as a “Maryland man,” prompting pushback from Homeland Security officials.

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin responded by mocking the characterization, reinforcing that Garcia is a foreign national without legal standing in the United States.

The Biden-era narrative around immigration has continued to clash with the renewed enforcement policies of the Trump administration.

The White House has used the moment to highlight ongoing deportation efforts under President Trump, stating in a recent social media post:

“Brutal killers and rapists— all taken off our streets in just the past week thanks to the tireless work of ICE. If Democrats and the media had their way, they would still be roaming free.”

The statement was followed by a list of recent arrests involving illegal immigrants with violent criminal records.

The Trump administration has also expanded diplomatic agreements with several countries to expedite the return of illegal migrants, particularly in cases where prior home-country resistance had stalled deportation efforts.

As the immigration debate intensifies, the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is emerging as a new flashpoint — with Trump officials casting it as a test of law and order, and Democrats presenting it as a humanitarian issue.

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Trump Unveils Plan to Pay Illegals to Self-Deport: “We’ll Work to Bring the Good Ones Back”

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Trump Unveils Plan to Pay Illegals to Self-Deport: “We’ll Work to Bring the Good Ones Back”

President Donald Trump has revealed new plans to get illegal aliens to self-deport from the United States without disrupting specific economic sectors.

During an interview with Fox News‘s Rachel Campos-Duffy, Trump reiterated his support for legal immigration while announcing plans to fund illegals’ departure before America will “work with them to get them back in as quickly as we can.”

“We’re gonna give them a stipend. We’re gonna give them some money and a plane ticket, and then we’re gonna work with them — if they’re good — if we want them back in, we’re gonna work with them to get them back in as quickly as we can,” Trump said.

During the interview, Trump was shown a clip of a Mexican national who made a life for himself and his American-born children after illegally entering the United States 20 years earlier.

“I look at this man. I say, this is a guy that we want to keep,” Trump told Campos-Duffy.

“I’ll probably take heat for saying it.”

The man had voiced support for Trump’s re-election, though he could not vote, and even agreed with the President’s deportation efforts.

Trump responded to his own question about whether the man was slated for deportation and told Campos-Duffy, “No, he didn’t say that. Good … I don’t think he’s in any danger of it.”

“We’re doing a self-deportation, and we’re going to make it comfortable for people,” Trump said.

“And we’re going to work with those people to come back into our country legally,” explained the commander-in-chief.

“If a farmer can give recommendations to people … we’re gonna be very soothing in terms of, perhaps, letting that farmer … take responsibility,” he expressed after also bringing up hotels.

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Trump reminded that expelling violent criminals remained the administration’s primary objective.

The news came after a Maryland jury convicted 24-year-old Salvadoran national Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez of the kidnap, rape, and murder of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five children.

“Moments ago, the Illegal Criminal, who was allowed into our Country by Crooked Joe Biden, was convicted of the heinous murder of Rachel Morin,” the president posted on Truth Social.

“Rachel was a beautiful mother of five from Maryland, and her life was taken at the hands of a monster who should have NEVER been here in the first place.”

“The Fake News should be focusing on the beautiful life and tragic death of this Maryland Mother, rather than the so-called ‘Maryland Father,’ who is actually an MS-13 Gang Member and Foreign Terrorist from El Salvador,” added Trump.

“We will never forget Rachel Morin, and are committed to protecting women like her across our Country. We will deport Illegal Murderers, Rapists, and Criminals. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

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INSANE: Gov. Newsom Blows Another $2.8 Billion to Save Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has spent $2.8 billion to bail out the state’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, which is overstretched by illegal immigrants. Last month, Newsom had requested another loan of $3.4 billion to cover the ailing program’s $6.2 billion deficit. 

The new funding will only cover medical expenses for 15 million beneficiaries, including 1.6 million illegal immigrants, until June. 

The number of illegal immigrants living in California is estimated to be about 3 million (2.6 million in 2022, according to DHS), suggesting that over half were receiving free healthcare.

Additionally, the cost of covering them has increased from the projected $6 billion to $8.4 billion for the fiscal year 2024–2025. However, the cost will fall slightly for the next fiscal year to $7.4. Trump’s deportations could also significantly reduce the cost. 

Newsom had previously boasted that the deep blue state could provide healthcare for everyone regardless of their immigration status due to certain cost-cutting budget reconciliation measures and strategic investment. 

“With these new investments, California will become the first state to achieve universal access to health care coverage,” he said.

“We’re investing California’s historic surplus to accomplish transformative changes we’ve long dreamed of — including this historic Medi-Cal expansion to ensure thousands of older undocumented Californians, many of whom have been serving on the front lines of the pandemic, can access critical health care services,” he added.

The program officially launched in January 2024, although the Golden State has been offering free healthcare for illegal immigrants up to 26 years of age since 2019. During its launch, Newsom lauded Medi-Cal as “a major milestone in the state’s progress toward universal health coverage.” 

However, the free coverage for illegal immigrants comes at a cost, as many Californians are forced to compete with noncitizens for the same resources, leading to poor coverage.

Subsequently, Californian Republican lawmakers have questioned the program’s sustainability and criticized state Democrats for prioritizing illegal immigrants over legal residents.

“Just now, Senate Democrats rubber-stamped another $3 BILLION for Newsom’s free healthcare for illegal immigrants—on top of the $9.5 billion already spent,” tweeted California Republican state Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones.

“Meanwhile, healthcare access is plummeting. Wait times are growing. Democrats have made their choice: legal residents come second. We must stop new enrollments of illegal immigrants and rein in this unsustainable program before it collapses entirely.”

Others, such as Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-75), have called for Gov. Newsom to be investigated for potential Medicaid fraud.

“AUDIT NEWSOM! I’ve officially requested an investigation into Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal scandal. He’s bankrupted the program by giving $10B in free healthcare to illegal immigrants—and there’s strong evidence he illegally tried to get federal Medicaid reimbursements.”

California has a $68 billion budget deficit, largely caused by a shortfall in revenue as many taxpayers continue to flee the state and are replaced by illegal immigrants. 

While the Golden State experienced net negative domestic migration (-239,575), its population increased slightly (+0.6), bolstered by international migration (+361,057), which includes illegal immigration. 

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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: Why Did the U.S. Deport an Illegal Gang Member?

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CNN’s Kaitlan Collins does not like conservatives, Republicans, or Donald Trump. Note one bit. Collins has difficulty presenting any stories featuring Trump without telegraphing her disdain through irrelevant, needling questions, and sour looks on her face while in the anchor chair. 

The two got a chance to face each other in person during a meeting Trump held in the Oval Office, before the press, with El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele. Bukele is known for his tough on crime stance; he launched a hard crackdown on drug gangs on other criminals in 2020 which sent the crime rate in his country plummeting. The contrast with the then-Biden administration’s weakness—many would call it encouragement—toward lawlessness could not have been starker. While violent crimes like murders decreased in 2023, that was compared to a surge during 2021 that Democrats would like to attribute to “the pandemic,” but that tracks with the administration’s turning a blind eye to lawlessness like the BLM riots in 2020 that resulted in dozens of deaths and $2 billion in property damage. 

Trump and Bukele have been working together to deal with violent gang members who illegally jump the U.S. border. The deal between the U.S. and El Salvador allows the U.S. to ship these criminals to El Salvador where they’ll go to prison, in exchange for American money. 

What’s got many Americans riled is the news that an illegal alien deported from the U.S. to El Salvador, Abrego Garcia, who a court ruled was improperly deported. The judge ordered the U.S. to “facilitate” Garcia’s return. Countering this, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Garcia is an illegal alien whom immigration courts had already determined was a member of the international MS-13 gang.

That’s what the oval office fight was about. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked the president what he was going to do about getting Abrego Garcia out of a Salvadoran prison. Trump advisor Stephen Miller said the U.S. could not tell El Salvador what to do with a non-U.S. citizen in his country’s custody. Miller called the very idea “arrogant,” and dressed down Collins and the U.S. media. 

Prolific X user Collin Rugg has video of the exchange:

Miller reiterated that Garcia was illegally in the U.S., and that he’s a known member of a violent international gang. Collins kept pressing, asking if the administration “was saying” that it wouldn’t ask for Garcia’s return. He noted that a recent Supreme Court decision allowed the U.S. to deport Garcia again, in the future, if El Salvador, “in its sole discretion,” returned the man to the U.S. Spoiler: El Salvador is not going to do that.

Collins seemed to have trouble understanding that the U.S. can’t demand that El Salvador return its own citizen. It is unclear why she and other members of the left would want a Salvadoran gang member back in America. 

The response from X users was pretty unanimous, with most people saying that Collins lost this one badly. 

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ICE Charges 14 Illegals in Massive Social Security Theft Scheme

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ICE Charges 14 Illegals in Massive Social Security Theft Scheme

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that fourteen illegal aliens have been charged with defrauding the Social Security Administration and stealing American citizens’ identities.

A total of 14 illegal aliens, 12 of whom are from Honduras, were charged with aggravated identity theft, misuse of Social Security numbers, and making false statements.

The defendants, including one Guatemalan and one Mexican national, were indicted on separate dates over the past two years.

If convicted, the individuals face a minimum penalty of two years—up to 12 years—in federal prison, ICE said.

The arrests came amid an ongoing operation that included ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Labor, and several local law enforcement agencies in Florida.

The Trump Administration has vowed to crack down on identity theft committed by illegal immigrants after an Arizona woman recently pleaded guilty to defrauding U.S. companies while making $17 million for herself and North Korea.

Christina Marie Chapman, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit identity theft, wire fraud, and laundering monetary instruments, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Chapman assisted foreign IT workers who posed as U.S. citizens to work remote jobs for more than 300 American companies.

According to the news release, the scheme generated almost $17 million in illicit revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) government.

Meanwhile, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirmed it will work with ICE to help locate and detain illegal aliens with outstanding deportation orders.

The agency has also developed a new task force to locate and detain illegal aliens engaged in Social Security fraud and identity theft.

As we reported earlier this month, Elon Musk said he expects arrests in connection to a significant Social Security fraud operation involving illegal aliens and the stolen identities of over 400,000 Americans.

Musk confirmed the fraud was part of a broader effort to exploit the U.S. welfare systems and voter rolls by illegal immigrants.

While responding to a caller in Pulaski who asked about Social Security fraud, Musk said, “Yes. In fact, I believe someone is going to be arrested tomorrow.”

“This is someone who actually stole 400,000 Social Security numbers and personal information from the Social Security database, and was selling Social Security numbers and all the identification information in order for people to basically steal money from Social Security.”

“This is a particular avenue of fraud for illegal immigrants and for voter fraud, because the main way that identification is established in the United States is via Social Security,” Musk explained.

“So if you compromise the Social Security system, you can basically get people de facto registered to vote, even if they’re not citizens, and to get a bunch of benefits and milk the system. It’s pretty insane.”

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Major Victory: Impartial Judge Allows Trump to Register All Illegal Aliens in a Mandatory Federal Database

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Despite a staggering number of legal challenges trying to undermine President Trump’s attempts to secure our border, the republican head of state continues to score significant victories.

On April 10, federal judge Trevor N. McFadden of the US District Court for the District of Columbia US ruled in favor of the administration’s request to demand that all illegal immigrants above 14 years register in a mandatory database. Registering in the mandatory database would allow authorities to track undocumented individuals and engage with them when required. 

Judge McFadden, a Trump appointee, was responding to a lawsuit by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights and the United Farm Workers, who claimed that the Department of Homeland Security violated the Administrative Procedure Act. It is mind-boggling that someone who violated the United States Constitution by entering the country illegally can seek the protection of the same constitution.

Ironically, Judge McFadden was the one who ruled in favor of the liberal news media outlet Associated Press (AP) when Trump banished it from the Oval Office’s  East Room, suggesting that the Trump win was not political. Liberals had a field day, thanking Judge McFadden for restoring their First Amendment Rights, but are potentially unlikely to appreciate the recent ruling in Trump’s favor.

Nonetheless, any logical American wonders how illegal immigrants, who entered the country by breaking our rules, are entitled to the protection of the same laws that require notice-and-comment procedures to involve American citizens in the lawmaking process to make their voices heard.

Seemingly, it was a long shot by the ambulance-chasers, who expected a liberal rubber-stamp judge to issue a restraining order without considering the facts of the case.

It is a common-sense practice for the government to collect personal information for all American-born citizens for communication purposes. We all update our addresses to make sure that we can receive mail, including that from the government. That information is usually required on most government forms. 

However, Democrats will attempt to convince you that people who broke the law to enter the country illegally have special privileges and should not provide that information.

Meanwhile, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), illegal immigrants who fail to submit their fingerprints or current addresses will face stiff penalties. Individuals below 14 years will also be required to submit information regarding their parents or legal guardians. 

Roughly 300,000 unaccompanied minors could not be traced because they did not provide their personal information or their guardians’, raising fears that they might have been trafficked and are in their abusers’ custody. 

I double-dare you to find a Democrat who believes that any American-born minor should live in total obscurity without knowing whether they were dead or being abused by their traffickers. Nonetheless, they are willing to sacrifice anything, including the welfare of immigrant children, to make a political statement.

Meanwhile, the ruling was a major victory for Trump’s mass deportation plans. DHS recently directed all illegal immigrants who registered via Biden’s CBP One app to self-deport when it was still convenient. Failure to do so will result in property loss, civil and criminal prosecution, prison sentences, and even a permanent ban from legally entering the United States. Over 900,000 illegal immigrants who registered via the app will be affected.

Without the CBP One database, it would be difficult to know the number of illegal immigrants in the country or even communicate with them. Luckily, some federal judges are willing to consider the facts without involving their personal political prejudices.

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Trump’s Self-Deport Plan Gains Steam as DHS Hits 5,000+ Removals, Deadline in Talks for Rest

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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that his administration is preparing to implement a strict self-deportation deadline for illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States.

During a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said immigrants who leave voluntarily within a forthcoming 60-day window may have the opportunity to return legally in the future. Those who fail to comply, however, will be barred from applying for legal reentry, as Fox News reported.

2020 National Convention WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 27: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures after delivering his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination on the South Lawn.

“We’re going to work with people, so that if they go out in a nice way, and go back to their country, we’re going to work with them right from the beginning on trying to get them back in legally,” Trump said after hearing remarks from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“So it gives you real incentive, otherwise they’ll never come back — they’ll never be allowed once a certain period of time goes by, which is probably going to be 60 days.”

The plan is part of a broader voluntary removal initiative underway by the Trump administration, which is encouraging illegal immigrants to self-deport through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Home app.

According to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data, more than 5,000 individuals have chosen to self-deport in the past month alone.

“It’s a very big self-deport operation that we’re starting,” Secretary Noem stated during the meeting.

She explained that under current law, including the Alien Registration Act and the President’s Executive Orders, undocumented immigrants who fail to register their status with the federal government could face criminal charges, fines up to $1,000 per day, and permanent bans on reentry.

Noem also noted that DHS is working to ensure that deported individuals receive some form of support upon returning to their countries of origin.

Jul 15, 2024; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Gov. Kristi Noem (SD) during the first day of the Republican National Convention. The RNC kicked off the first day of the convention with the roll call vote of the states. Mandatory Credit: Jasper Colt-USA TODAY

She pointed to ongoing programs in Mexico, El Salvador, and Colombia that offer food and housing assistance to deportees.

“[We are] making sure that these folks have the opportunity to go home, so that they can get the chance to come back to America is important.”

The administration has not yet finalized the exact date the 60-day clock will begin, but the measure is expected to roll out in the coming weeks as part of a broader effort to restore law and order at the southern border and ensure compliance with immigration laws.

Fox News Digital contacted the White House for comment, but no response was received before publication.

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Two Reasons Leavitt Says U.S. Criminals Could Be Deported to El Salvador Hellhole Prison

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed this week that American citizens could be deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador under specific conditions, following a proposal floated by President Donald Trump, as reported by The Daily Mail.

The idea centers around the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, a facility known for its extreme security and harsh conditions.

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Often referred to as a “black hole of human rights,” the prison has gained international attention for its treatment of violent criminals. The proposal, according to Leavitt, is not yet a formal policy and remains under legal review.

“It is an idea he has simply floated,” Leavitt told reporters during a press briefing. She emphasized that if implemented, the deportation policy would target two specific groups: individuals with “heinous and violent” convictions and “violent repeat offenders.”

“These would be heinous, violent criminals. These are violent repeat offenders.”

The concept was inspired by a February offer from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who stated his country would be willing to accept convicted criminals, including U.S. citizens, into the massive prison facility in exchange for a fee.

“We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison… in exchange for a fee,” Bukele wrote in a post on X.

President Trump praised the proposal during remarks on Air Force One. “I love it,” he said. “If he would take them, I’d be honored to give them. I don’t know what the law says on that, but I can’t imagine the law would say anything different. If they can house these horrible criminals for a lot less money than it costs us, I’m all for it.”

The facility, built to house gang members and violent offenders, currently holds several hundred alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, who were previously deported by Trump using the Alien Enemies Act.

That law, invoked only three times in U.S. history, allowed the administration to remove individuals deemed national security threats.

The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld Trump’s authority to deport the Venezuelan nationals, though concerns remain. The court ruled that deportees are entitled to legal notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal—rights some did not receive.

Kristi Noem: “I toured the CECOT, El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.
President Trump and I have a clear message to criminal illegal aliens: LEAVE NOW.
If you do not leave, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and you could end up in this El Salvadorian prison.”

Disputes have also surfaced over whether all of the deportees met the threshold for removal.

Inside the prison, inmates are locked in crowded cells for 23.5 hours per day, only allowed 30 minutes of movement while chained in a hallway.

Cells are designed to hold up to 100 detainees, outfitted with 80 metal bunks, two toilets, and two sinks—without mattresses. Inmates are not allowed phone access, receive no visitors, and never go outdoors.

Each unit includes a separate, windowless cell for inmates deemed disruptive.

Leavitt reiterated that the president’s team is reviewing the legal feasibility of the move.

“The president has said if there is a legal pathway. He’s not sure. We’re not sure if there is. It’s an idea that he has simply floated.”

Liberal critics have strongly opposed the concept. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote:

“The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal. History is no stranger to such lawless regimes, but this Nation’s system of laws is designed to prevent, not enable, their rise.”

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