2025-04-16
27 分钟On Monday, President Donald Trump welcomed an unlikely ally to the White House.
And I wanted to say hello to the people of El Salvador and say, they have one hell of a president.
The leader of El Salvador, President Naya Bukele, a man who has called himself, quote, the world's coolest dictator.
Well, it's an honor to be here and go to office with the president and leader of the world.
We're very happy.
The two men exchanged praise for each other.
He's done a fantastic job, Mr. President.
And they talked about the important role El Salvador is playing in Trump's immigration policy.
Because currently,
the U.S. is paying El Salvador millions of dollars to detain deportees from the U.S. and to lock them up in the country's notorious mega-prison.
We know that you have a crime problem, a terrorism problem that you need help with.
And we're a small country, but if we can help, we can do it.
This meeting happened at a critical time for immigration policy in the United States.
Because in the courts, right now,
there's a battle brewing over the fate of one of those deported migrants in the Salvadoran prison,
a man named Kilmour Albrego Garcia.
Justice Department officials acknowledged
that Albrego Garcia was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to El Salvador last month.
And this error has erupted into a monumental legal battle,
one that could define the rights of immigrants and the very boundaries of executive power.