First U.S. flight with migrants lands at Guantanamo Bay

The first flight with migrants landed in Guantanamo Bay. This was reported by ABC News on February 4.

According to a U.S. official, the C-17 aircraft took off from El Paso, Texas, with a small number of migrants on board and headed for the maximum-security prison used to hold al-Qaeda prisoners (a terrorist organization banned in Russia).

According to the Ministry of Internal Security, 10 people on board the plane were allegedly members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

It is specified that the migrants will not be housed with the existing detainees at Guantanamo Bay, and the main security will be provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement police.

On the same day, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump began removing migrants to the detention center at the U.S. military base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. It is specified that El Salvador, Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to the repatriation of their citizens.

Pain and loss: U.S. spent at least $2 million to deport migrants

The Pentagon confirmed to Izvestia the use of C-17 military aircraft for this purpose - one hour of their operation costs more than $19 thousand.

Earlier, on January 30, the President's son Donald Trump Jr. supported the idea of reopening the Alcatraz prison. So the son of the head of the White House commented on the news post of a social network user, which claimed that Trump will sign an executive order to prepare up to 30 thousand places in the Guantanamo Bay prison for criminals from among illegal migrants.

Before that, on January 28, the New York Post reported about the beginning of the first large-scale raids against migrants in New York. It was specified that the target of the arrests were migrants suspected of committing serious crimes. Then it was reported that the U.S. immigration service made about 1.2 thousand arrests in one day, and almost half of the detainees have no criminal record.

Mississippi authorities on January 24 offered to pay for catching and deporting illegal aliens. "Certified bounty hunter program" assumes that detectives will officially register and receive $1 thousand for each successful deportation of a border crosser.

On Jan. 20, immediately after his inauguration, Trump signed more than 200 new executive orders. Among them was the introduction of a state of emergency at the border with Mexico. In addition, the American president has repeatedly stated that he is going to cancel the granting of American citizenship by birthright.