U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to visit migrants at Guantanamo Bay

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to visit the migrant detention facility at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Friday, February 7. This was reported by Reuters on February 6 with reference to the ministry.

According to the Ministry, Noem is going to visit to assess the efforts of officials to create enough places to detain up to 30 thousand migrants.

It is noted that soldiers are setting up tents that will serve as detention facilities for 2,000 migrants in the initial phase.

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 February 4, the administration of US President Donald Trump began to expel migrants to the detention center at the US military base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. It is specified that El Salvador, Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to repatriate their citizens.

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 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.