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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

El Salvador officials say deported migrants in notorious jail are Trump’s problem, not theirs

El Salvador’s government has directly contradicted Donald Trump’s administration when it comes to who, exactly, is responsible for the deported migrants locked up in that country’s prisons.

In high-profile legal battles at the heart of Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, administration officials have repeatedly claimed that the government is powerless to bring them back because those deportees are no longer in U.S. custody.

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