Caitlyn Jenner, 75, delivers honest verdict on Trump mass deportations row amid El Salvador mega-prison controversy
Caitlyn Jenner has spoken up about the Trump Administration’s decision to deport more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.
The 75-year-old former Olympian has previously been emphatic in her support of Trump in his second term in office, declaring that “hope is back in America” upon his victory.
On Saturday, President Trump announced he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, signed by America’s second President John Adams, to speed through the deportations.
“This is what America voted for and deserves – law and order,” Jenner began on X.
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She added: “These violent offenders – people never should’ve been in the country in the first place- are being removed. Thanks to our friends in El Salvador!”
Reportedly among those sent to El Salvador were 238 members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the global MS-13 gang.
The administration accused Tren de Aragua of “perpetrating, attempting, and threatening an invasion or predatory incursion against the territory of the United States”.
“This is a time of war — because Biden allowed millions of people, many of them criminals… that’s an invasion,” Trump declared when questioned.
This is what America voted for and deserves – law and order. These violent offenders -people never should’ve been in the country in the first place- are being removed. Thanks to our friends in El Salvador! https://t.co/gE7ud2xuAy
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) March 17, 2025
The move has proved controversial in the US after an order from Washington DC District Judge James Boasberg to block the deportations was issued.
Boasberg called for a two-week halt to removals enabled by the 1798 act so further legal arguments could be heard.
US media reported that further verbal order from the judge for the deportation flights to turn back was ignored as the persons “had already been removed from United States territory”.
“Oopsie… Too late,” El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, a Trump ally, sniped on social media as he confirmed the deportees had arrived in his country.
Bukele added the arrivals would be transferred El Salvador’s feared mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot).
The facility, which can hold some 40,000 inmates, has been denounced by human rights groups as part of El Salvador’s hardline stance on organised crime.
Jenner’s strong support for Trump is nothing new.
Last month, she lent her support to the president in his efforts to block transwomen from participating in female sports, following moves to restrict military service for trans individuals and “gender-affirming care” for youths.
“With this executive order the war on women’s sports is over,” Trump declared as he signed the Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports directive.
“Another victory in the fight for protecting women’s sports! President Trump signs an Executive Order keeping biological men out of women’s sports!” Jenner wrote.
The reality star, who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, added: “As an Olympian, I will continue to fight this issue, lobbying sport governing body’s all over the world to follow our lead!”