Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take in deported migrants

[highplainsdem]

Source: Guardian

The Bahamas has rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported people, as the president-elect seeks to follow up on pledges to slash immigration.

Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants when their home countries refuse to accept them, according to NBC News.

But the Bahamas said it had “reviewed and firmly rejected” the plan.

Prime Minister Philip Davis’s office said his government had received a proposal from the Trump transition team “to accept deportation flights of migrants from other countries”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/05/bahamas-trump-deportation-migrants

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Statement from the Prime Minister of the Bahamas:

https://opm.gov.bs/statement-from-the-office-of-the-prime-minister-on-the-trump-administration-transition-team-proposal/

The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to address recent reports regarding a proposal from the Trump transition team in the United States for The Bahamas to accept deportation flights of migrants from other countries. This matter was presented to the Government of The Bahamas but was reviewed and firmly rejected by the Prime Minister.

The Bahamas simply does not have the resources to accommodate such a request. The Prime Minister priorities remain focused on addressing the concerns of The Bahamian people.

Since the Prime Minister’s rejection of this proposal, there has been no further engagement or discussions with the Trump transition team or any other entity regarding this matter. The Government of The Bahamas remains committed in its position .

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Good for the Bahamas.

[EarthFirst]

2. I'm curious what the temper tantrum response will be... nt

[groundloop]

3. My guess is he'll attempt to ban American cruise ships from visiting the Bahamas

Of course that'll go over like a lead balloon.

[bdamomma]

8. He's fucking crazy

He didn't come up with that sick idea. Stephen Milller probably did.

[eggplant]

28. They are all flying flags of other countries.

[groundloop]

29. That doesn't matter. For instance, US cruise passengers aren't currently permitted to visit Cuba....

thanks to tRUMP. I was able to visit Cuba on a cruise after President Obama had begun normalizing relations with Cuba and before tRUMP reversed all of that.

[Raven]

4. He'll send them Cat 5 hurricanes.

[bdamomma]

10. Hmm....

we will get a Cat 5 and he will not lift a finger to help the affected area either. That is something to think about when the season comes again.

[Raven]

17. You're right and I shouldn't have joked about that! These people will pay for saying no to him.

[bdamomma]

19. What I

meant is that when we get hit by a Cat 5, do you think the felon is going to care?? We, as all, will be not given a thought for any climate occurrence.

[brush]

5. Hahahahahahahaha. That was always my question, where was trump's/Project 2025's...

destination plan the millions they were going to deport.

What bunch of idiots. We're in a kakistocracy now for sure.

[Nigrum Cattus]

6. Just the beginning -

No country will take back anyone without $ attached to it. You will see
country after country do this. The next step will be concentration camps
here to house those people, paid for by the taxpayers.

[Deuxcents]

7. Whats to keep TSF from just sending them anyway..like what was done to NYC, California, Martha's Vineyard

A drop off and go just leaving people not knowing where they are or what’s gonna happen to them.

[HUAJIAO]

12. Dumb me What does TSF stand for?

[Deuxcents]

14. The 💩 F@#ker

An endearing term given to him a while back by Biden. Suits me as I refuse to say or type his name

[HUAJIAO]

15. Thanks !!

[reACTIONary]

16. The aircraft would be denied permission to land.

The airlines wouldn't sign up to assist.

[nmmi]

9. Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Panama, Grenada - these are all very small countries with the least ability to absorb new

people needing help. Panama is the mega-giant of these -- 4.5 million population, and its area about the same as S. Carolina (whose population BTW is 5.4 million).

The rest are below a million population: Bahamas 413k, Grenada 126k, and Turks and Caicos 46k, and all these are minute area-wise.

There are 13 million undocumented migrants in the U.S., according to a quick Google search.

What the idiot was "thinking" when he came up with this list of countries, who knows.

Other countries that Trump is considering include Turks and Caicos, Panama, and Grenada, sources told NBC.

[highplainsdem]

11. What was he thinking about? The cheapest places to transport them to.

[FakeNoose]

21. Well the cheapest would be Mexico, am I right?

Just a short van ride across the border, as opposed to a ship or an airplane. And Mexico's population per square mile is much lower than most of these tiny islands that are being considered.

It's too bad Chump has such a terrible track-record where Mexico is concerned.

[highplainsdem]

22. But dumping them in Mexico would lessen the chances of Mexico cooperating to keep more people out.

And their getting from Mexico back into the US illegally would be much easier than returning from the Bahamas.

But I honestly don't know what these MAGA idiots are doing, and doubt they know.

[bdamomma]

13. What

a stupid ass he is, this is bullying other countries, he's going to make many enemies. So what is the alternative rounding up people and putting them in camps???? This sounds sickly familiar.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. trump's mass deportation scam needs a place to send people

I really doubt that trump will find countries to take these people

[patphil]

20. The guy wants to deport millions of people and he expects foreign nations to take them in?

If it was a few thousand, maybe Bahama would have said yes, but you know it would be at least tens of thousands. A small island nation isn't prepared to accept huge numbers of deportees.

Actually, no country is going to commit to an open ended policy to receive these people. Trump's mouth is making promises that he's not going to be able to fulfill. My concern is for the people his Gestapo agents are going to seize and hold in, what will amount to, concentration camps.
This is not going to end well for all these people who came here to find a better life for themselves and their families, but are going to end up suffering for it.

[SidneyR]

23. Concentration camps?

Don't be so cynical. They're only work camps, where the people will be provided lodging in exchange for their labor. It's only fair. After all, arbeit macht frei. Maybe they could put that over the entry gate.

[patphil]

25. Oh SidneyR, you've given me a high goal to strive for in the order of cynicism.

Unfortunately these are simple folks, and I don't think they can read German.

[riversedge]

24. We know Trump has been planning his camps for those who get rounded up. I no country

accepts them--these camps will be sprawling. so sad.

[TomSlick]

26. Why would any country agree to accept deported persons who are not citizens?

This is high on the list of really stupid ideas proposed by Trump.

[Initech]

27. Fuck you Trump!

[highplainsdem]

30. kick