Trump says he wants to imprison US citizens in El Salvador. That's likely illegal
NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Associated Press
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Protesters chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's use of El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, prison for people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally, outside the Embassy of El Salvador on Monday in Washington.
NATHAN HOWARD, Associated Press
Prisoners look out from their cell at the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 4, during a tour by the Costa Rica Justice and Peace minister.
Salvador Melendez, Associated Press
President Donald Trump, left, greets El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele as Bukele arrives at the White House, April 14, in Washington.
President Donald Trump reiterated Monday that he'd like to send U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador, telling that country's president, Nayib Bukele, that he'd “have to build five more places” to hold the potential new arrivals.
Protesters chant during a demonstration against President Donald Trump's use of El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, prison for people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally, outside the Embassy of El Salvador on Monday in Washington.
Prisoners look out from their cell at the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, April 4, during a tour by the Costa Rica Justice and Peace minister.
