According to Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem, a cannibal was so “deranged” that he started eating himself on the plane when the U.S. authorities attempted to deport him from the country. The outrageous tale was circulated on Tuesday during Donald Trump’s tour of “Alligator Alcatraz,” a contentious migrant detention center located in Florida’s marshy Everglades region that can detain up to 5000 people.
Noem defended the administration’s mass deportation campaign, saying it was intended to eliminate “the worst of the worst,” while speaking with the president.
“The other day, I was talking to some marshals that have been partnering with ICE. They said that they had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home, and while they had him in his seat, he started to eat himself and they had to get him off and get him medical attention,” Noem said, donning a white Make America Great Again cap.
“These are the kind of deranged individuals that are on our streets in America, that we’re trying to target and get out of our country because they are so deranged they don’t belong here.” On the grounds of a former airfield near Ochopee, west of Miami, the so-called Alligator Alcatraz detention center is currently being constructed.
The $450 million annual tent facility, which was built in seven days and has thousands of beds behind cages, was accelerated by the government of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis using its emergency powers.
Additionally, Trump has given his approval to the governor’s intentions to utilize the National Guard as de facto immigration courts in order to expedite the processing of illegal immigrants and expedite their deportation.
However, there has already been a lot of opposition from environmentalists and immigration activists, many of whom were demonstrating in Ochopee during Trump’s Tuesday trip while brandishing banners that said, “I like my ICE crushed” or “Say no to concentration camps.”
Kristi Noem tells a bizarre story about how marshals working with ICE detained a cannibal:
“They had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home. And while they had him in his seat, he started to eat himself. And they had to … get him medical attention.” pic.twitter.com/CvsRX783Gr
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Critics claim that placing individuals in a swampy area of Florida where alligators and snakes are common is cruel. Trump, however, dismissed the worries after joking previously that immigrants should be trained to outrun alligators.
Trump stated that one of the goals would be to discourage unauthorized aliens from going to Alligator Alcatraz to the point that they self-deport. “Deportation is our only option because we are encircled by miles of dangerous swampland,” he stated.
Trump told reporters, when asked if he would like to see more “Alligator Alcatraz” facilities open across the nation, “I think we’d like to see them in many states, really, many states.” “You know, at some point they might evolve into a system where you’re going to keep it for a long time, and I know Ron’s doing a second one… and probably a couple more.”
‘He called himself a CANNIBAL, ate other people & himself’ — Sec Noem explains ICE dealing with LITERAL cannibals@MTodayNews pic.twitter.com/0XxxlG70p3
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Republican states are pushing for the facility as part of Trump’s campaign pledge to start the largest deportation program in US history. However, in recent months, the deportation program has faced criticism, particularly in Los Angeles, where ICE operations at multiple places resulted in nasty protests and confrontations with law officers.
Stephen Miller, the man behind Trump’s deportation plan, also took a visit to the Florida facility on Tuesday. Noem, who was seated between him and Trump, defended ICE’s strategies and called Miller a “rockstar.” “President Trump is upholding freedom by what he is doing: the freedom to live safely in this country and to do things legally,” she said.
