Trump Tried to Deport Illegal Migrants to War-Torn Country With No Open Airport

President Donald Trump attempted to dispatch undocumented migrants to Ukraine As part of his strategy to eliminate undesirable lawbreakers from the United States.

Ukraine has been gripped by war since the Russian invasion in February, 2022 and does not even have a working airport after they were targeted by repeated airstrikes.

However, that did not stop Trump from requesting the nation's support to address what he termed as America's 'immigration crisis.'

According to The Washington Post In late January, officials from the Trump administration contacted Ukraine in an attempt to negotiate a deal concerning a group of illegal immigrants – none of whom held Ukrainian citizenship.

The authorities were planning to expel the unauthorized immigrants to conflict-ridden Ukraine.

It remains uncertain how Ukrainian authorities addressed the request, but the country has not taken in any third-party nationals from the United States so far.

The document states that there is no evidence suggesting Kyiv took the proposition seriously at any point.

Two officials even indicated that they didn't bother presenting it to the top levels of government for review, as it seemed utterly absurd.

Trump and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have had a strained relationship since Trump's return to the White House.

The tensions reached their peak in February during a heated exchange in the Oval Office. The confrontation turned into a loud argument after Trump threatened to withdraw support from Ukraine entirely if Zelensky didn’t accept his proposed conditions for peace. Additionally, Trump accused Zelensky of failing to show proper appreciation.

Now, it's been revealed that Ukrainian officials had rejected Trump's migrant request just weeks before that confrontation.

But since then, they've been able to strike a deal which will offer U.S.-based companies exclusive opportunities to invest in new ventures aimed at developing Ukraine’s natural resources, such as aluminum, graphite, oil, and natural gas. .

It was signed after a weeks-long push by Trump for Ukraine to compensate Washington for billions in military and economic assistance to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion.

It appears the Trump administration was 'ringing around' in order to find a country to agree to take third-party nationals.

Ultimately, officials struck a deal with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, who agreed to accept foreign criminals and house them in his hellish CECOT prison.

As observed in a video released by the Salvadoran government More than 130 alleged gang members, who were residing in the U.S. unlawfully, were transferred via bus to a high-security penitentiary. There, they were dressed in the facility’s standard white T-shirts and shorts and had their heads shaved.

The guards led them into a cellblock where some individuals were forced to kneel on the ground; their hands were handcuffed behind their backs and their legs were chained at the ankles.

In the correctional facility, the alleged gang members remain confined to cramped cells for 23 and a half hours each day, allowed only 30 minutes to move around—chained in the center of the corridor.

Jail cells with steel bars are split among the eight cell blocks and can hold up to 100 detainees.

Each cell comes equipped with 80 bare iron bunks - mattresses are not included - along with two toilets and two sinks.

Labeled as a 'black hole of human rights' and referred to as a 'hellhole' by detractors, the facility has faced extensive criticism for purportedly disregarding internationally recognized prisoner rights.

Before that agreement, it is known that Trump had contemplated Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama for his grand scheme.

Trump invoked the wartime Alien Enemies Act to facilitate the deportations, which have sparked ongoing legal battles all the way up to the Supreme Court .

He this week revealed plans to reopen Alcatraz to avoid the cumbersome legal processes.

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