As the work gets underway to send illegal immigrant prisoners to prisons outside of the United States, President Donald Trump has signaled his support for also exporting prisoners who are American citizens.
“We’re talking about getting the criminals out of our country that come in through other countries illegally, right? The illegal migrants, as I call them,” he said to members of the press in the Oval Office on Feb. 4. “Well, we have people that are just as bad as them in our country. If we could get them out, I’d be very happy.”
Trump went on to say that he was not sure at the time if his administration could legally transfer convicted American citizens to other countries, but said he would “do it in a heartbeat” if he had the legal right to do so….