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Trump, Miller Propose Reopening Alcatraz; Tom Homan Supports Transfer of PCC, Comando Vermelho Inmates to El Salvador

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Updated May 7, 2025, 04:05 PM

Former senior advisor Stephen Miller has endorsed President Donald Trump's proposal to reopen Alcatraz Island as a high-security prison for irredeemable criminals, citing the need to separate individuals who pose serious public safety and national security threats. Miller emphasized that Alcatraz was originally built during a time when the United States was capable of effectively managing dangerous offenders. Border Czar Tom Homan supported the idea, highlighting the ongoing challenge of finding detention space amid nationwide injunctions against removals. Concurrently, Trump is considering transferring members of criminal organizations such as Brazil's PCC and Comando Vermelho, currently incarcerated in the U.S., to serve their sentences in El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele's administration. This arrangement has raised concerns about creating a "transnational penal colony" with limited inmate rights. The debate reflects broader issues of prison overcrowding and the search for solutions to manage violent criminals, with some critics questioning whether reopening Alcatraz or sending inmates overseas are adequate responses.

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Crisis Group

@CrisisGroup

El Salvador’s deal with Donald Trump has paved the way for creating a “transnational penal colony”, whose inmates will have few rights. What lies ahead? https://t.co/z8dOXguPvi

New York Young Republican Club 🇺🇸🗽

@NYYRC

🚨Mr. President, Alcatraz Isn’t Large Enough “Give me your cons, your thieves, Your teeming masses pillaging your streets, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the violent, the criminals and creeps, Their bones will rot behind my iron door!” Finally – the https://t.co/xnxJbNHyob

Scott Jennings

@ScottJenningsKY

They don't want President Trump to send illegal immigrant gangbangers to El Salvador — and apparently Alcatraz isn't good enough for them either! Maybe the Ritz Carlton? https://t.co/Gq8t2B5Mo8