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El Salvador
[ el sal-vuh-dawr; Spanish el sahl-vah-thawr ]
noun
- a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). : San Salvador.
El Salvador
/ ɛl ˈsælvəˌdɔː /
noun
- a republic in Central America, on the Pacific: colonized by the Spanish from 1524; declared independence in 1841, becoming a republic in 1856. It consists of coastal lowlands rising to a central plateau. Coffee constitutes over a third of the total exports. Official language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: San Salvador. Pop: 6 108 590 (2013 est). Area: 21 393 sq km (8236 sq miles)
El Salvador
- Republic on the Pacific coast of Central America , bordered to the west by Guatemala , to the north and east by Honduras , and to the south by the Pacific Ocean . San Salvador is its capital and largest city.
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On immigration, he has appreciated the flurry of new border restrictions and the emphasis on deportations, including sending men to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.
He was talking about the hundreds of Venezuelan men expelled from the country without due process and sent to a prison in El Salvador, where, according to the administration, they should remain until they die.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said El Salvador had agreed to “accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality.”
Boasberg said that Trump administration officials violated his orders by not stopping a plane carrying deportees to El Salvador.
Supreme Court order to “facilitate” the Maryland man’s release from an El Salvador prison after he was mistakenly deported.
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