Security for road workers

Responding to a question in the Senate on Tuesday, Sinanan said, “We have been assured that the police and the army will be deployed to get the job done.” The minister said this is not a new phenomenon and it has been happening in different parts of the country.

Sinanan said his ministry is, “determined to ensure that this practice is stamped out.” Later in the sitting, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon said protocols for the deportation of TT citizens from the United States who have criminal records, have been in place since 2000. He indicated that while there is no evidence of an increase in criminal deportees from the US to TT under the Trump Administration, the ministry will re-assess staffing arrangements should such an increase occur.