Trump Makes Cruel Joke About ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Facility | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump made gentle of the brutal idea of “Alligator Alcatraz” Tuesday amid considerations from legislation and coverage consultants concerning the immigrant detention middle.

While talking with the press forward of visiting the controversial Florida facility, Trump was requested if the thought was that detainees can be eaten by alligators ought to they attempt to escape.

Trump responded, “I guess that’s the concept. This is not a nice business. I guess that is the concept.”

The facility, which has been backed by the Florida state authorities and Department of Homeland Security and rapidly constructed in simply weeks, is predicted to carry as many as 5,000 beds.

The president then joked that immigrants might want to learn to run away from alligators in the event that they escape from the distant Everglades location that’s surrounded by predators.

“Snakes are fast but alligators — we’re going to teach them how to run away from an alligator. … Don’t run in a straight line, run like this,” he mentioned whereas making a zigzag movement along with his arms. “You know what, your chances go up about 1%.”

Meanwhile, environmentalists, immigration advocates and Indigenous teams have lined up alongside highways within the Florida Everglades to protest the location’s improvement and the forthcoming detention middle.

“We don’t want this prison here,” protester Phyllis Andrews advised WPTV Tuesday morning. “There’s no reason for this prison here.”

Demonstrator Kailani Osceola known as the power “just awful,” telling the outlet, “They’re gonna hurt the habitat, the animals, and we’re just fighting for the immigrants.”

Watch Trump’s feedback about “Alligator Alcatraz” beneath.