According to the two sources According to CBS News, the appointment would not require further Senate approval, so his arrival at the diplomatic mission could happen soon, although a start date has not yet been set. The White House and the DHS have declined to comment on the possible appointment, while officials consulted highlighted the good working relationship between Edgar and the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem. El Salvador receives migrants deported by the U.S. El Salvador has acquired a central role in the Trump Administration's immigration offensive. In March, the president invoked the Foreign Enemies Act, a 19th-century wartime statute, to send detained migrants to a maximum-security prison in that country, many of them accused by Washington of ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, even though several had no criminal record. A report by human rights organizations published in November concluded that the deportation and treatment of more than 200 Venezuelans detained in El Salvador constituted arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearance under international law. Edgar's appointment would come at a time of rapprochement between Washington and San Salvador. Edgar, one of the highest-ranking officials at DHS: Troy Edgar is the current Deputy Secretary of DHS and one of the highest-ranking officials in the structure led by Kristi Noem. He was the DHS Chief Financial Officer during Trump's first term, with responsibility for a budget of $90 billion and oversight of immigration projects and the border wall.

Edgar,A former private sector executive and former mayor of Los Alamitos, California, he has been a key figure in the department's administrative management and in implementing the White House's security and immigration priorities. Trump met in April with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, whom conservative sectors in the United States praise for his offensive against gangs. Furthermore, last month the two nations reached a framework for reciprocal trade agreements, in parallel with new immigration operations targeting cities with large immigrant communities.