Trump Signs Explosive New Immigration Deal With El Salvador

There’s breaking news out right now about a potentially landmark immigration deal between the United States and El Salvador.

Details are still sketchy, and we hope to update you as soon as we know more.

A senior Trump administration official tells AP the U.S. is planning to sign an agreement to make one of Central America’s most violent countries, El Salvador, a haven for migrants seeking asylum. https://t.co/yA0sRLsXhr

— The Associated Press (@AP) September 20, 2019

From Reuters:

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The U.S. and El Salvador have reached a cooperative agreement on asylum, officials from the two countries said at a press conference in Washington on Friday. (Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Richard Cowan Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

As expected, US & El Salvador to sign asylum deal https://t.co/DIxONUoUIf @latimes per @AP @ctlong1 – details unclear, but likely would have limited effect-many traveling north to US border don’t transit El Salvador. Salvadoran #s way down, but they’re also seeking asylum in US.

— Molly O’Toole (@mollymotoole) September 20, 2019

The Associated Press adds:

The United States planned to sign an agreement on Friday to help make one of Central America’s most violent countries, El Salvador, a haven for migrants seeking asylum, according to a senior Trump administration official.

The official said acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan would sign a “cooperative asylum agreement.”

Two other officials described the agreement as a first step in the governments’ working together on asylum. Details of the broad agreement will be hammered out in the weeks and months ahead, they said. The officials weren’t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The agreement could lead to migrants from third countries obtaining refuge in El Salvador even though many Salvadorans are fleeing their nation and seeking asylum in the United States. A Salvadoran delegation has been in the U.S. this week discussing the matter. …

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