President Donald Trump on Wednesday introduced that he plans to ship detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay, the US’ notorious navy jail in Cuba.
“Some of them are so bad we don’t even trust the countries to hold them, because we don’t want them coming back,” Trump stated. “So we’re going to send them out to Guantanamo.”
“We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,” Trump added. “This will double our capacity immediately.”
Requested concerning the logistics of this announcement, newly confirmed Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem delivered this word-salad:
“You know, that is something that the white House is working on to use resources that we currently have there at Guantanamo Bay. So we will go through the process. The worst of the worst is where that could be utilized. So that potential is there. We know we need the infrastructure. We’re going after these guys.”
Tom Homan, Trump’s “border czar,” instructed reporters, “We’re just going to expand upon the existing migrant center.”
Homan is seemingly referring to the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Middle, which has a capability of 130 folks, in line with the World Detention Venture.
How will such an enormous growth and detention be paid for?
“We’re working on that with reconciliation and appropriators in the House and Senate,” Noem stated.
One of many final occasions Guantanamo Bay was within the information, it was the place suspected terrorists have been reportedly being tortured throughout President George W. Bush’s administration.
If Trump’s dealing with of the primary two weeks of terrorizing immigrant teams within the nation is any indication, we’re doubtlessly in for one thing a lot worse.
As he lies concerning the supposed successes of his deportation actions, the early ICE raids have been haphazard at greatest. At worst, it has functioned as focused terror to American communities, each documented and undocumented. Not too long ago, ICE raided a Newark, New Jersey, enterprise and arrested an American citizen who was additionally a veteran.
On the identical time, The Washington Put up studies that Colombia’s president referred to as into query Trump’s latest assertion that ICE brokers deported 200 “Illegal Criminals” on a aircraft to the Andean nation.
“The migrant is not a criminal, he is a free human being,” stated President Gustavo Petro.
Petro added that of the 200 folks deported by Trump’s ICE, 20 have been kids and two have been pregnant ladies, in line with the Put up.
The racist, chaotic deportation plans that Trump desires to enact will now have its personal focus camp—simply south of Florida.
