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'US Can Outsource Its Prison System' | El Salvador Offers To Jail 'Dangerous American Criminals'
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the US-Mexico border on 3 February as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Hegseth, in his first trip as Pentagon chief, met troops stationed at the border and observed the situation firsthand. He emphasised the Defence Department’s readiness to use “any assets necessary” to detain and expel illegal immigrants, even suggesting Guantanamo Bay as a potential facility.Separately, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered to house deported individuals and even US citizens convicted of crimes in his country’s prisons, an unprecedented proposal praised by Senator Marco Rubio. Bukele framed the offer as a cost-effective way to sustain El Salvador’s prison system, though legal challenges are expected in the US.Meanwhile, a US military plane departed for India carrying deportees, the farthest destination for such operations under Trump’s immigration policy. Military aircraft have already been used to transport migrants to Guatemala, Peru and Honduras. n18oc_world n18oc_crux
