Many South Florida immigrants fear President Donald Trump’s deportation policy. One reason: the facilities where they will likely be detained have been buffeted by decades of documented violence, sexual abuse and human rights violations.
Trump promised “millions and millions” of deportations during his inauguration speech .
Though the reality of the task — and numerous legal challenges — have made those numbers seem perhaps overly ambitious, Trump’s goals have raised two important questions:
Where will they be held? And under what conditions?
The answer to question one is clear. There are four places in South Florida and the Caribbean where tens of thousands of immigrants have been held since the Mariel boatlift in 1980.
The first of these is the Krome detention center, which open