Trump unveils plan to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo

The Korea Times

The Korea Times

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The Laken Riley Act -- which mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes -- is named for a 22-year-old student murdered by a Venezuelan man with no papers who was wanted for shoplifting.
Gulf News
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Before signing the first piece of legislation of his second term into law, Trump defended his White House budget office's move to freeze funding for many federal government programs.
NBC News
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Many interpreted Trump’s move as an attempt to further demonize undocumented migrants by conflating them with the terror suspects who were imprisoned at Guantánamo’s detention centre after the then secretary of defense Rumsfeld opened it for “enemy combatants” three months after the 11 September 2001 attacks.
Guardian
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The plan intensifies the crackdown on illegal immigration that Trump has pledged in his second term, along with a parallel push to transform the US government itself in his right-wing image.
The Manila Times

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