Op-ed: Riots and Hijackings — Why ICE Cuffs and Shackles Some Deportees

The latest liberal outrage over President Trump’s border policies is the fact that some migrant criminals have been handcuffed and shackled for their flights back home.

India objected when a C-17 arrived in New Delhi with 104 restrained deportees. And Colombian President Gustavo Petro set off a brief diplomatic row by turning back the first US planeload of deportees because many wore leg restraints.

“A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity every human being is worthy of,” an indignant Petro posted on social media. “We will welcome back our fellow countrymen on civilian planes, without a criminal’s treatment.”

Missing from this outcry is any explanation of why this is necessary.

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