In the Philippines and Russia, and the United States maintains the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, which was set up by former President George W. Bush to house terrorist suspects.
Trump expressed apparent worry that violent criminals being let back into the streets after having “been arrested 30 times” or more, however.
It is unclear what inspired him to expatriate inmates overseas. “Let them be brought out of our country and let them live there for a while,”
He said, adding that he thought temporary exile to foreign jails would reduce crime in the US generally. We’ll see how they feel about it.
Trump’s government has already increased deportation operations in an effort to address the federal budget, and this new kind of jail camp is part of their efforts.
He also threatened to impose expensive tariffs on Colombia over the weekend after the country’s president barred US military aircraft that were transporting deported migrants.
