Noem to visit El Salvador prison that took in hundreds of deported criminals: 'Clear message'
Kristi Noem's trip will send an unambiguous message to criminals, DHS says
By Andrea Margolis , Emma Colton Fox News
Published March 23, 2025 6:50pm EDT | Updated March 23, 2025 8:05pm EDT
FIRST ON FOX: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is planning to visit several spots in Central America next week – including El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, where hundreds of migrant criminals were famously deported last week.
On Sunday, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that Noem's trip "underscores the importance of our partner countries to help remove violent criminal illegal aliens from the United States."
"President Trump and Secretary Noem have a clear message for criminal aliens considering entering America illegally: don’t even think about it," McLaughlin said. "If you come to our country and break our laws, we will hunt you down, and lock you up."
Noem's visit will kick off with a stop at the Terrorist Confinement Center on Mar. 26, which she will tour with the Salvadoran Minister of Justice, Héctor Gustavo Villatoro. The Trump administration official will meet with President Nayib Bukele later that day.
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