### [2025-03-16](/feed/2025/03/16/index.md) ##### El Salvador–United States relations # The Trump administration deports more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador citing the Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center for at least a year. The previous day a judge had ordered the Trump administration to stop deportations using this law. ### Sources: 1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yv1gnzyvo) 2. [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g-s1-54154/alien-enemies-el-salvador-trump) ### Changes: 1. The Trump administration says it has deported more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador citing the Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center. _2025-03-16 19:26:47 (First version)_ 1. The Trump administration deports more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador citing the Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele says they will be transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Center for at least a year. The previous day a judge had ordered the Trump administration to stop deportations using this law. _(Current version)_ ### Related: 1. [U.S. President Donald Trump says Tren de Aragua is "conducting irregular warfare" against the US and orders its members to be deported under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Following a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg temporarily blocks this order. ](/feed/2025/03/15/us-president-donald-trump-says-tren-de-aragua-is-conducting-irregular-warfare-against-the-us-and-orders-its-members.md) _Context: Alien Enemies Act, Tren de Aragua_ 2. [Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offers U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the option to send convicted "dangerous American criminals" to be incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in exchange for a fee. ](/feed/2025/02/3/salvadoran-president-nayib-bukele-offers-us-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-the-option-to-send-convicted-dangerous-ame.md) _Context: El Salvador, El Salvador–United States relations, Nayib Bukele, Terrorism Confinement Center_ 3. [The United States Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary, making him the highest rank LGBTQ official to run the U.S. Treasury and the highest-ranking LGBTQ person in the United States. [https:--time.com-7210423-scott-bessent-confirmed-trump-treasury-secretary- (TIME)]United States Office of Management and Budget acting director Matthew Vaeth orders federal government agencies to temporarily pause all federal financial assistance programs, with the exception of Medicare and Social Security, that could be implicated by select executive orders from President Donald Trump. [https:--www.politico.com-news-2025-01-27-trump-freezes-federal-aid-omb-00200891 (Politico)]President Trump signs an executive order eliminating "gender radicalism in the military", targeting transgender personnel in the military, and another executive order that mandates a process to develop an American Iron Dome. [https:--www.france24.com-en-americas-20250128-trump-signs-executive-orders-aimed-at-trans-troops-mandates-american-iron-dome (France 24)]Second cabinet of Donald Trump](/feed/2025/01/27/the-united-states-senate-votes-to-confirm-scott-bessent-as-us-treasury-secretary-making-him-the-highest-rank-lgbtq-of.md) _Context: Trump administration_ 4. [Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces the beginning of a blockade of four municipalities in northern El Salvador, mobilizing 5,000 soldiers and 1,000 police officers to arrest suspected gang members. ](/feed/2024/03/24/salvadoran-president-nayib-bukele-announces-the-beginning-of-a-blockade-of-four-municipalities-in-northern-el-salvador.md) _Context: El Salvador, Nayib Bukele_ 5. [President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele says that the proposed constitutional reforms he sent for review will not include the legalization of abortion or same-sex marriage. El Salvador has one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the world. ](/feed/2021/09/17/president-of-el-salvador-nayib-bukele-says-that-the-proposed-constitutional-reforms-he-sent-for-review-will-not-include.md) _Context: El Salvador, Nayib Bukele_ 6. [El Salvador becomes the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender, after the Legislative Assembly votes 62–22 to pass a bill submitted by President Nayib Bukele classifying the cryptocurrency as such. ](/feed/2021/06/9/el-salvador-becomes-the-first-country-to-accept-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-after-the-legislative-assembly-votes-62-22-to-p.md) _Context: El Salvador, Nayib Bukele_ 7. [Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announces at a Bitcoin conference in Florida that his country will adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, making El Salvador the first country to do so. He plans to introduce the relevant legislation to the Legislative Assembly next week. ](/feed/2021/06/5/salvadoran-president-nayib-bukele-announces-at-a-bitcoin-conference-in-florida-that-his-country-will-adopt-the-cryptocur.md) _Context: El Salvador, Nayib Bukele_ 8. [El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele confirms the country's first death from COVID-19. ](/feed/2020/03/31/el-salvador-s-president-nayib-bukele-confirms-the-country-s-first-death-from-covid-19.md) _Context: El Salvador, Nayib Bukele_ 9. [The United States Department of Homeland Security announces that it will end temporary protected status for thousands of Nicaraguan migrants while decisions await for thousands more from El Salvador, Haiti and Honduras. ](/feed/2017/11/6/the-united-states-department-of-homeland-security-announces-that-it-will-end-temporary-protected-status-for-thousands-of.md) _Context: El Salvador_