The spokeswoman of the White House, Karoline Leavittreported that on Tuesday the government of USA sent the first flight with migrants arrested to the detention center in the Guantanamo military base.
“We will not allow USA Be a landfill of illegal criminals of nations around the world, “he said in statements this morning to the Fox News chain.
He Government of the President Donald Trump He undertook A campaign against the more than 11 million undocumented migrants in the countrycalling them “criminals” and promising to carry out The biggest deportation process in the history of the United States.
In their first weeks in power, the authorities They have arrested more than 3,000 people throughout the countrya figure away from the “massive” raids that Trump He promised to perform.
The president ordered to expand the ability to detention in the naval base of Guantanamo to house more than 30.000 personas and the Pentagon already deployed more than 150 military personnel For this task.
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Among the military deployed are Marine infants and other military from South Command of the United Statesin charge of Latin America.
Last Wednesday, by signing the memorandum to expand the capacity of the migrant center in Guantanamo, Trump He said the measure seeks “stop the worst illegal criminal immigrants who represent a threat to the American people“.
Under US law, live in the country without authorization or legal status It is not a criminal foul but civil. Therefore, it is false that undocumented people have in themselves a “criminal history”, as the current government has assured.
Cross the border without inspection – codified as ‘improper income’ or try to enter USA After being deported or expelled, it is typified in criminal legislation: The first as a minor crime and the second as a serious crime.
Multiple studies, including an investigation of the Stanford University that analyzes data since the 60s, have found that Migrants are less likely to commit crimes or be convicted of a crime than people born in the United States.
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