Following a successful federal raid in Phoenix Tuesday morning, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed that tens of thousands more criminal migrants are likely to be sent to El Salvador’s brutal CECOT prison.

“You’ll see us continuing to partner with El Salvador. CECOT has the capacity for 40,000 individuals, and [El Salvador President Nayib Bukele] has said they’ll take as many as we want to send,” Noem stated after the DHS operation in which three convicted felon migrants were busted.

According to Noem, “There’s 14,000 there now” and the President of El Salvador “plans to build another prison right next to it,” per the New York Post.

The prison, notorious for its strict conditions and mass incarceration of gang members, was built by Bukele to dismantle El Salvador’s powerful criminal organizations.

A crucial component in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy has been the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, which significantly expedites the deportation process for suspected gang members, giving the president significant authority to protect the country against “invasion or predatory incursion.”

Lower courts blocked Trump’s use of the 18th-century law, until, on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of reversing a lower court decision that had impeded the Trump administration’s efforts to deport hundreds of suspected Venezuelan gang members.

In a major win for President Trump, the ruling clears the way for the Department of Homeland Security to deport criminal migrants swiftly.

“We’re going to continue using that act in order to return people from these terrorist organizations to face consequences and be removed from our country,” Noem declared.

The DHS Secretary also emphasized that new provisions under the Alien Registration Act of 1940 will take effect on April 11, requiring foreign nationals who have resided in the United States for more than 30 days to register with the federal government or risk severe penalties.

“Everyone should know that because we’re enforcing the Alien Registration Act, if you’ve been here longer than 30 days and haven’t registered with the government, we are now coming after you criminally,” Noem warned.

She added that violations could result in fines “up to $1,000 per day” and stressed that federal agencies would now fully enforce the law “to make sure American citizens are the only ones afforded the rights of being in this country.”