Trump’s claims were made on NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.” There he said he plans to take executive action on his first day in office to try to end birthright U.S. citizenship, which stems from an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
“It has to be done”he declared in his first interview after being elected president on November 5. He also insisted that he would end birthright citizenship, enshrined in the United States Constitution, “if we can, through executive action,” he stressed.
The government of the Bahamas rejected a proposal from the team of the North American president-elect to accept immigrants from other countries expelled by the United States, the prime minister’s office reported, while Panama and the Turks and Caicos Islands expressed their resistance to a possible offer.
As previously reported by the American network NBC, in addition to the Bahamas, the Trump government also planned raise the possibility to other countries in the region such as Panama and the British overseas territory Turks and Caicos Islands, as well as Grenada.
The administration headed by Philip Davis indicated this Thursday that received a “proposal from the Trump transition team for the Bahamas to accept flights with deported migrants from other countries”according to a statement.
“This proposal was presented to the Government of the Bahamas, but the prime minister studied it and firmly rejected”, he highlighted. “Since the prime minister rejected this proposal, there have been no further contacts or conversations with the Trump transition team,” he added.
Trump’s staff had no comment on the Bahamas statement. According to NBC, Trump’s advisers put together a list of countries to ask to take in deported migrants when their countries of origin refuse to accept them.
However, in the case of Panama, the government assures that there were no contacts in this regard. “We have not received any official or unofficial communication about this proposal,” the foreign ministry said. “Besides, In light of International Law, we have no obligation to receive deportees of other nationalities than Panamanian”, he highlighted.
Already in the case of the Turks and Caicos Islands, their authorities announced that they would not accept deportees from the United States.
“The Turks and Caicos Islands, like all nations, have the sovereign right to determine who can reside within their borders,” Immigration Minister Arlington Musgrove told the Miami Herald on Thursday.
Trump, who will assume the presidency of the United States on January 20, has reiterated its intention to carry out a massive program of deportations of irregular migrants.
During the November presidential campaign, the Republican used fierce rhetoric against migrants, whom he blamed for an alleged wave of crime.
Trump’s deportation plan could mean immigrants are permanently displaced to countries with which they have no ties.
It is unclear whether they would be allowed to work, or what pressure Trump could apply to get countries to accept them, NBC noted.
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