El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups.

El Salvador has agreed to accept criminal illegal immigrants of any nationality as the United States works to deport hundreds of Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members. The agreement, announced by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele‘s administration late Monday,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio left El Salvador on Tuesday with an agreement from that country's president to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States.