International Law,
Immigration,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Feb. 11, 2025
El Salvador's offer to house US criminals is a constitutional catastrophe
Outsourcing U.S. prisoners to El Salvador would be a constitutional catastrophe, violating the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, the Fifth Amendment's due process protections, and the First Amendment's guarantees of religious and speech freedoms--making it both legally and morally indefensible
During a recent meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered to accept U.S. criminals and house them in the Central American country's prisons.
President Trump is intrigued by the offer. "If we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat," President Trump said. "I don't know if we do or not,...
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