Bukele has agreed to accept migrants deported from the United States, locking up more than 250 in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
Relatives of some deportees deny their loved ones are gang members.
“There are other topics that could be discussed, such as investments and trade, but it all comes down to talking about a prison,“ he said.
He added that future of the deported migrants in Salvadoran custody “is up to President B and his Government. They will never threaten or menace our Citizens again!”
Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem even visited the 40,000-inmate CECOT prison last month, posing in front of a cell overflowing with seemingly dead-eyed and heavily tattooed men.
His government received $6 million for taking deportees, which Bukele described as “a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.”
The United States is the main destination for Salvadoran exports. Of the nearly $6.5 billion in goods exported from El Salvador in 2024, $2.1 billion went to the United States, including clothing, sugar and coffee, according to the central bank.
For this reason, the president of the Salvadoran Industrial Association, Jorge Arriaza, hopes Bukele’s visit to the White House will provide “a little more clarity” about the tariff’s implementation.
El Salvador received $8.5 billion in family remittances in 2024, 23 percent of the country’s GDP.
Some analysts say Bukele should urge Trump to soften policies toward Salvadoran migrants.
“His priority should be the immigration situation of Salvadorans in the United States,“ academic Carlos Carcach told AFP.
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