Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday is ready to go to the jail in El Salvador that took in migrants on the middle of the deportation battle taking part in out in U.S. courts.
On Wednesday, Noem will go to the Terrorist Confinement Heart with the Salvadorian minister of justice, in accordance with a U.S. Division of Homeland Safety official, and can later meet with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador.
“This week, I am headed right down to El Salvador,” Noem mentioned throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home on Monday. “I will be within the jail the place we despatched [Tren De Aragua] gang members. I will be assembly with the president and likewise Colombia and Mexico and speaking about constructing these relationships so we will proceed to get folks out of this nation that do not belong right here and take them residence.”
She mentioned the president talked to her about “sending the message worldwide” that folks should not illegally be getting into the US.
Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem attends a Cupboard assembly on the White Home, on Feb. 26, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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The DHS has rolled out a $200 million promoting marketing campaign to inform people who find themselves fascinated with coming to the U.S. illegally to not come and to induce those that are within the U.S. with out authorized standing to go away.
“They should not be coming right here illegally,” Noem mentioned. “So we’re in a number of different nations around the globe with a message proper now that is saying if you’re fascinated with coming to America illegally, do not do it — you aren’t welcome. We’ve a authorized course of to turn out to be a United States citizen, and there are penalties when you come right here illegally.”
The administration allegedly despatched members of the Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang to the notorious jail — despite the fact that a federal choose ordered officers not to take action.
“America has modified as a result of we’re placing Individuals first,” Noem concluded in the course of the assembly on Monday.
Alleged members of the Venezuelan prison group Tren de Aragua who had been deported by the U.S. authorities, are detained on the Terrorism Confinement Heart in Tecoluca, El Salvador in a photograph obtained Mar. 16, 2025.
El Salvador Presidential Press Workplace through AP
Noem may also meet with leaders from Colombia and with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum later within the week.
“President Trump and Secretary Noem have a transparent message for prison aliens contemplating getting into America illegally: do not even give it some thought. When you come to our nation and break our legal guidelines, we are going to hunt you down, and lock you up,” Assistant Homeland Safety Secretary of Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin mentioned in an announcement. “This journey underscores the significance of our associate nations to assist take away violent prison unlawful aliens from the US.”
