Tens of thousands more migrants could be headed to El Salvador’s hellhole prison, Kristi Noem says-as she warns all illegal migrant are now criminals

PHOENIX — Kristi Noem said tens of thousands more criminal migrants could be rounded up and sent to El Salvador’s brutal Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT) prison following a ruling by the Supreme Court this week.

“You’ll see us continuing to partner with El Salvador. CECOT has the capacity for 40,000 individuals, and [El Salvador President Nayib Bukele] has said they’ll take as many as we want to send,” the Department of Homeland Security secretary said. ---More...

Human traffickers. Drug Smugglers. 18th Street Gang members. Spent the morning in Phoenix with our brave @ICEgov and Arizona law enforcement arresting these dirtbags and getting them off of our streets. pic.twitter.com/yH13jWwF1S

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem)April 8, 2025

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