The decision to restore Alcatraz is part of a larger plan to alter how the United States detains federal convicts and immigration violators, and Trump is expressing his concerns with the “radical judges.”
Who he claims are dragging down deportations by demanding due process. For a very long time, Alcatraz has represented law and order. It has a long history, you know,” Trump remarked.
Reopening the infamous prison “would likely be an expensive and challenging proposition,” according to AP.
Particularly because the high maintenance costs and deteriorating infrastructure were among the factors that led to its closure.
A spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons stated that the organization “will comply with all Presidential Orders” in spite of this.
Since “[the prison] is now a very popular national park and major tourist attraction,” Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, whose district includes the prison, called Trump’s proposal “not a serious one.”
