Donald Trump signs new law to deport illegal immigrants who have committed minor crimes. This is about

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, promulgated on Wednesday the Laken Riley law, which grants greater powers to federal authorities to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally and have been accused of crimes. During the ceremony, he also announced that his government planned to send to the “worst foreign criminals” to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba.

“She was a lighthouse of warmth and kindness,” Trump pointed out during the promulgation ceremony, in which the parents and sister of Riley were present. “It is a huge tribute to his daughter what is happening today, that’s all I can say. It’s so sad that we have to do it. ”

Trump has promised to drastically increase deportations, but also said at the ceremony that they did not trust that some of the people sent back to their countries of origin would stay there.

The measure immediately doubles the detention capabilities of the United States, Trump said at the promulgation ceremony, and added that Guantanamo is “a difficult place to leave.”

In comments later to the reporters outside the White House, the new Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, commented on the extended detention facilities that “we are building it” and that the government will seek financing through the budgetary projects that Congress is about to consider.

Before Trump assumed the position, The democratic governments of former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden worked to reduce the number of terrorism suspects stopped in Guantanamo.

Laken Riley was running in February 2024 when she was killed by José Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan who was in the country illegally. Ibarra was convicted in November and sentenced to life imprisonment without probation.

The law was quickly approved by the Congress recently controlled by Republicans with a little democratic support, although the defenders of the rights of immigrants said they could cause great raids of people for crimes as lower as the robbery in stores.

The rapid approval and promulgation of Trump nine days after assuming office add a powerful symbolism for conservatives. For critics, the measure has taken advantage of a tragedy and could lead to chaos and cruelty while recently to combat crime or reform the immigration system.

Riley’s mother thanked Trump while containing tears. “He said he would ensure our borders and that he would never forget Laken and has not done so,” he said. Several high -ranking Republican legislators and Noem attended the ceremony, as well as Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a copatrocinator.

Under the new law, Federal officials would have to stop any immigrant arrested or accused of crimes such as theft or aggression to a police officer, or crimes that injure or kill someone. State General Prosecutors could sue the United States Government for damages caused by federal immigration decisions, which would potentially allow the leaders of the conservative states to help dictate the immigration policy established by Washington.