SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's president-elect says he will make improving relations with the United States a priority, in part to try to avoid Washington forcing tens of thousands of Salvadorans now living in the U.S. to return home.
The 37-year-old Nayid Bukele told The Associated Press in an interview that poor relations with the U.S. are one of the mistakes of the outgoing administration that he plans to correct after taking office June 1.
Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans have lived in the United States under temporary protected status, allowing them to live and work legally in the U.S. But the Trump administration announced last year it would end it.
Bukele easily won the presidency early this month, breaking a three-decade hold on the presidency by the Central American country's two dominant parties.
