New Delhi, April 15 -- US President Donald Trump on Monday proposed deporting hardened criminals who are American citizens to prisons in El Salvador, during a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele at the White House.

"Home-growns are next. You gotta build about five more places," Trump said while seated with Bukele in the Oval Office. He added, "If it's a homegrown criminal, I have no problem. We're studying the laws."

The President praised El Salvador's prison infrastructure and claimed housing criminals abroad would be more cost-effective.

"We have bad ones too, and I'm all for it, because we can do things with the president for less money and have great security," he said, endorsing further cooperation with Bukele's governm...