PM SAYS THERE'S A PROCESS FOR DEPORTATION

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The Prime Minister has weighed on the Opposition Leader's  campaign promise deport every Venezuela migrant to their homeland by any means necessary, if members of the Venezuelan migrant community do not desist from engaging in criminal conduct.

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00:00The Prime Minister weighs in on the opposition leader's campaign promise to deport every

00:07Venezuelan migrant offender to their homeland by any means necessary if members of the Venezuelan

00:13migrant community do not desist from engaging in criminal conduct.

00:17Crime in this country, whether it is being committed by indigenous people here or foreigners

00:26visiting us, are subject to the rule of law in Trinidad and Tobago.

00:31I don't know there's one citizen in this country who is saying, invite Venezuelan criminals

00:36to come here and criminalize us.

00:39That is just political disappointment.

00:44But again, there are some people who can only see the political opportunity.

00:50That sounds like something good, because somebody is saying to another country, and it's a big

00:55political point, and it was seen to have got favor in that country.

01:00During the post-Cabinet media briefing today, the Prime Minister made reference to the deportation

01:05plan of the United States President-elect Donald Trump.

01:11Deportation is a legal process, not a political process, even in the United States.

01:16With all that you see in there about deporting how many millions of people, it will all have

01:23to be done under a legal process, and where there may be challenges legally, and the degree

01:30of success will determine how successful you are in your legal response.

01:38The Prime Minister expressed concerns about the potential impact of the statements made

01:43by the opposition leader.

01:46Nobody wants criminals in our country, especially if they are coming to us from another country.

01:53Why do you think you have to come and say you will do it, and somebody else wouldn't do it?

01:58The reason why you're identifying yourself that you will do it is because you want credit.

02:02But you're implying that somebody else wouldn't want them, or somebody else is inviting them.

02:10This is a non-starter.

02:11It's just cheap politics.

02:14And what it does, it can hurt some people.

02:17And on the heels of criticism by the National Security Minister that his statements were

02:22reckless, the opposition leader reaffirms her position that illegal migrants who run

02:28afoul of the law will be deported.

02:30In a statement this morning, Kamala Basad Basasa accuses her critics of politically

02:36simping for criminals with fake outreach about xenophobia and hatred instead of standing

02:42up for our citizens' safety.

02:44The opposition leader reflects again on the kidnapping and murder of 69-year-old Winston

02:50Thomas by three Hispanic men, saying the man had an unpleasant interaction with Venezuelan

02:56migrants before the incident.

02:58She calls it astounding, saying that Ministers Brown, Imbert and Hines came more for criminal

03:04migrants than for Thomas and other like citizens.

03:08Basad Basasa credited nationals of TNT for being accommodating and generous to migrants.

03:14But she says TNT already has a local gang problem and does not need migrants coming

03:21here to commit crime.

03:22Her statement reads, quote, I stand solidly by my previous comments on the deportation

03:28of migrant criminals and reaffirm them.

03:31The well-being and safety of Trinidad and Tobago citizens must always come first.

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