Send to irregular immigrants to Guantanamo and everything that is known about the new Trump measures against the undocumented

Trump said he wants the prison, located within an American military base in Cuba, to be ready to house up to 30,000 migrants in an irregular situation and cannot be deported to their countries of origin, which, he said, “would duplicate our ability to immediate ”to retain migrants.

“I will sign today a decree ordering the Departments of Defense and Internal Security that begin to prepare the facilities for 30,000 migrants in the Guantanamo Bay (…) Some are so dangerous that we do not even trust their countries of origin so that they are They are left, because we do not want them to return, ”Trump said in the White House.

Guantanamo has been used by the United States to house detainees of the war against terrorism after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Hundreds of prisoners have passed through their cells, including some members of Al Qaeda. However, between 2020 and 2023 the center only housed 37 people, according to the newspaper “The New York Times.”

In September, that media revealed that the Pentagon operates in that base a detention center for immigrants that has worked for decades. The undocumented who ended there are some of those who were intercepted in the sea when they tried to reach the coast of the country, mainly from Cuba and Haiti.

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On the same day, Trump signed a bill that stipulates the automatic detention of migrants in an irregular situation and are arrested or accused of certain crimes, including theft. It was the first legislation of his new presidency.

“It is a historical law that we are approving today,” he said. “He will save innumerable innocent American lives,” said the Republican.

The Laken Riley law is named after a 22 -year -old nursing student from Georgia, who was killed in February 2024 by a irregular Venezuelan who was sought to steal in stores.

“The New York Times” points out that the new law expands the list of charges that will subject migrants to immediate arrest and possible deportation, instructing federal officials to detain unauthorized immigrants arrested in connection with or accused of robbery, theft, Theft in stores, assault on a police officer or crimes that result in death or serious body injuries.

According to this law, persons in irregular immigration situation who are accused of theft and violent crimes can be deported, even before a conviction.

While Trump has used a rhetoric in which he qualifies irregular immigrants from “criminals”, the official information available points out that most migrants crossing the border flee from poverty or persecution.

Precisely in line with his position against crime, Trump revoked on Wednesday the extension of deportation protections that former president Joe Biden had granted to more than 600,000 Venezuelans before leaving office.

The amparo prolonged the temporary protection status (TPS) for 18 months for Venezuelans, from April 3, 2025 to October 2, 2026, which would allow Venezuelans benefited to live and work in the United States.

“The inhabitants of this country want this garbage out. They want their communities to be safe. We have stopped that, ”said the Secretary of the Department of Internal Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, announcing the measure in the Fox News chain.

The current TPS, designed to protect from deportation to migrants whose countries of origin are in an emergency or catastrophic situation, expires on September 10, 2025.

International analyst Carlos Novoa believes that Trump is using this first stage of his government to send the message that he will act forcefully to fulfill his promise of having an America for the Americans.

“Trump is doing what he said he was going to do. The surprise is in the way you are doing. Trump has a few days in the government and he has sought, according to the style he handles, to give a media blow. He wants to make it clear that this is his way of working. I see all this as part of Trump’s style, meaning that things will be in his own way, ”El Comercio’s world now told the program.

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What immigration policy is having more impact? Andrew Selele, president of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), one of the most influential institutions in the United States regarding immigration policies, considers that, in the short term, the most media is what is happening with deportations. The United States has always deported many people from the border, but – he says, they are already beginning to deport people who are already within the country.

“In general, most of those who are stopping within the country are people with some penitentiary conviction, but I think they will expand that and go behind other people who have lived many years and that will be very difficult. Warning the difficult situation, the government has already included other agencies, including the Armed Forces, to support some tasks related to immigration. That is also new, ”he says.

Experts point out that Trump is in apogee and is focused on a single issue, so it is very difficult to challenge him at this time. Despite this, they consider that it is clear that deportations and border control are the number one priority of the United States Government at this time, although this is going to decline at some point.

“The number one is irregular immigration and are willing to do anything. But that cannot last forever, the United States has many interests, I do not doubt that they will always be hard with this issue, but it cannot be the only focus of your attention, ”says Selele.

Novoa estimates about two or three months of deportations to this level to the countries of Latin America, “until this has been established as usual in the popular imaginary and then it will decline.”

Selele adds that Trump’s policy against irregular immigration will generate resistance in public opinion, but not at this time because despite the noise that the government is doing, the numbers of detained people are low. “They are still behind people who have a criminal record. Once they arrive at people who have lived 10 or 15 years in the country, who are neighbors and co -workers, consuegros, I think that is where we will begin to see more discomfort and resistance, ”he concludes.