Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan with Alexandra Hill, Minister of Foreign Affairs for El Salvador, after signing an agreement during news conference at the US Customs and Border Protection Headquarters in Washington, on Sept. 20, 2019. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo
NEW YORK—The United States on Friday, Sept. 20, signed an agreement that paves the way for the U.S. to send some asylum-seekers to one of the world’s most violent countries, El Salvador.
However, both countries must first take necessary legal actions and implement significant border security and asylum procedures before it would take place, according to a draft copy of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press.
