El Salvador has offered to accept undocumented immigrants of any nationality with criminal backgrounds from the United States, an agreement that comes as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up its mass deportation efforts.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday called an offer by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to house dangerous criminals from the United States in his country's jails "very generous" and said the Trump administration would have to study it.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said El Salvador offered to house in its jails "dangerous criminals" from anywhere in the world deported by the U.S.