Current laws “would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,” a former U.S. attorney said.

It is unclear whether the Trump administration plans to send incarcerated U.S. citizens to El Salvador. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is “grateful” for the offer.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio approves of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s idea to jail convicted criminals deported from the U.S. in his country’s megaprison. “We have offered the U.S. the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,