Top Trump adviser says ‘no upper limit’ on deportations to Salvadoran prison

Published April 14, 2025 11:45am ET



The Trump administration has no cap on how many illegal immigrants it may deport to a mega-prison in El Salvador in the coming months, according to a senior White House official.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said outside the White House on Monday morning that President Donald Trump envisioned deporting more than the hundreds of illegal immigrants the U.S. government sent to El Salvador last month.

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