SCOOP: Moreno Says GOP Bill Includes Funding to Jail Migrants in El Salvador

An enormous budget reconciliation aimed at destroying migrant communities continues steadily advancing in a GOP-controlled Congress.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, told Migrant Insider that the $45 billion immigration enforcement package Republicans are pushing in the budget bill includes additional funding for detention services in El Salvador.

“We’re gonna allocate more money for that,” Moreno said in a hallway interview Tuesday afternoon. “We’d rather have the countries of origin take them back, to be clear. But they won’t. We don’t wanna house them here. We’re gonna house them in El Salvador for a fraction of the money.”

When asked if that funding was part of the $45 billion earmarked for detention in reconciliation, Moreno confirmed: “Yes. It will be part of that.”