Chad Wolf to Newsmax: ‘Step in Right Direction’ to Deport to El Salvador

The Trump administration took a “step in the right direction” with its transfer of hundreds of immigrants to an El Salvador prison, former acting Department of Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf told Newsmax Sunday. 

“[They] are doing hard work to make sure that we get bad individuals out of the country,” Wolf, appearing with Customs and Border Protection senior adviser Ron Vitiello, said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.”

“And if their home countries like Venezuela won’t take them back, well, we’re going to move them to other countries and in this case, El Salvador,” he added. 

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