Current laws “would categorically preclude most U.S. citizens and residents from serving their sentence in El Salvador,” a former U.S. attorney said.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent American criminals raises clear legal issues but described it as “very generous” and said that President Donald Trump would make a decision on whether to accept it.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio approves of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s idea to jail convicted criminals deported from the U.S. in his country’s megaprison. “We have offered the U.S. the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system,