Crim­i­nol­o­gist Dr Randy Seep­er­sad says he is not wor­ried that the im­pend­ing de­por­ta­tion of 21 na­tion­als from the Unit­ed States will pose a na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty threat to T&T.

He was com­ment­ing on Sat­ur­day’s con­fir­ma­tion from the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty of a for­mal re­quest from the US Im­mi­gra­tion and Cus­toms En­force­ment for the de­por­ta­tion of 17 men and four women. Dis­cus­sions are still on­go­ing with US of­fi­cials, but the min­istry con­firmed that a char­tered flight to Port-of-Spain has been ten­ta­tive­ly set for May 23.

Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty, Roger Alexan­der, told Guardian Me­dia on Sat­ur­day that Gov­ern­ment would be track­ing the de­por­tees af­ter their ar­rival and mon­i­tor­ing them af­ter­wards.