President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El Salvador맥스카지노�s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals in the 맥스카지노�most severe cases" even as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both say it raises clear legal issues.Rubio reached an unusual agreement with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele a day earlier that the Central American country would accept U.S. deportees of any nationality, including American citizens and legal residents who are imprisoned for violent crimes.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�m just saying if we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat,맥스카지노� Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. 맥스카지노�I don맥스카지노�t know if we do or not, we맥스카지노�re looking at that right now.맥스카지노�Hours earlier at a news conference in San Jose with Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves, Rubio said there were 맥스카지노�obviously legalities involved. We have a Constitution.맥스카지노�Rubio noted that it was 맥스카지노�a very generous offer. No one맥스카지노�s ever made an offer like that 맥스카지노� and to outsource, at a fraction of the cost, at least some of the most dangerous and violent criminals that we have in the United States.맥스카지노�Rubio discussed immigration with Chaves 맥스카지노� a Trump administration priority 맥스카지노� as America's top diplomat also faces major upheaval at the U.S. Agency for International Development that has left many at the aid agency and the State Department fearful for their jobs.While Rubio has been on a five-country visit in Central America this week, USAID staffers and Democratic lawmakers were blocked from its Washington headquarters Monday after Elon Musk, who is running a budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency, announced Trump had agreed with him to shut the aid agency.Thousands of USAID employees already had been laid off and programs worldwide shut down after Trump imposed a sweeping freeze on foreign assistance after taking office. Rubio later offered a waiver for life-saving programs, but confusion over what is exempt from stop-work orders 맥스카지노� and fear of losing U.S. aid permanently 맥스카지노� is still freezing aid and development work globally.맥스카지노�I would say if some organization is receiving funds from the United States and does not know how to apply a waiver, then I have real questions about the competence of that organization," he told reporters. 맥스카지노�Or I wonder whether they맥스카지노�re deliberately sabotaging it for purposes of making a political point.맥스카지노�He also said he has 맥스카지노�long supported foreign aid. I continue to support foreign aid. But foreign aid is not charity.맥스카지노� He noted that every dollar the U.S. spends must advance its national interest.Amid the turmoil back home, Rubio and Chaves spoke of immigration and security challenges that Costa Rica faces as it has become not just a transit country for migrants headed to the U.S. but also a destination as thousands of Nicaraguans since that country cracked down on opposition starting in 2018.Costa Rica also has struggled against soaring drug-related violence during the past two years. 맥스카지노�We also understand that we need to strengthen our fight against international organized crime,맥스카지노� Chaves said, adding that Rubio had offered to continue U.S. support through waivers to allow that foreign assistance to continue flowing.After his meeting with Chaves, Rubio arrived in Guatemala City to meet with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo.A day earlier, Rubio met in San Salvador with Bukele, who confirmed the deportation offer in a post on X, saying El Salvador has 맥스카지노�offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.맥스카지노�Bukele said his country would accept only 맥스카지노�convicted criminals맥스카지노� and would charge a fee that 맥스카지노�would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.맥스카지노�The State Department describes El Salvador맥스카지노�s overcrowded prisons as 맥스카지노�harsh and dangerous.맥스카지노� Its country information webpage says, 맥스카지노�In many facilities, provisions for sanitation, potable water, ventilation, temperature control, and lighting are inadequate or nonexistent.맥스카지노�El Salvador has lived under a state of emergency since March 2022, when the country맥스카지노�s powerful street gangs went on a killing rampage. Bukele responded by suspending fundamental rights like access to lawyers, and authorities have arrested more than 83,000 people with little to no due process.In 2023, Bukele opened a massive new prison with capacity for 40,000 gang members and cut prisoners맥스카지노� meals to twice a day. Prisoners there do not receive visits, and there are no programs preparing them for reinsertion into society after their sentences and no workshops or educational programs.El Salvador, once one of the most dangerous countries in the world, closed last year with a record low 114 homicides, newfound security that has propelled Bukele맥스카지노�s soaring popularity in the country of about 6 million residents.Migration has been the top issue for Rubio on his trip spanning Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. But he was dogged by other changes that the Trump administration has been making soon after taking office.Rubio told reporters in San Salvador that he was now the acting administrator of USAID but had delegated that authority so he would not be running its day-to-day operations. In a letter Rubio sent to lawmakers that was obtained by The Associated Press, he said the State Department would work with Congress 맥스카지노�to reorganize and absorb certain bureaus, offices and missions of USAID.맥스카지노�He said the processes at the agency, which has been hit by Trump's freeze on all foreign assistance, are not well coordinated and that 맥스카지노�undermines the President's ability to carry out foreign relations.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�In consultation with Congress, USAID may move, reorganize, and integrate certain missions, bureaus and offices into the Department of State, and the remainder of the Agency may be abolished consistent with applicable law,맥스카지노� Rubio wrote.___AP reporters Christopher Sherman in Mexico City and Farnoush Amiri in Washington contributed to this report.