Two US officials told the Times the ships under consideration include a 500-foot training vessel and ferries, and each voyage could take days and cost millions of dollars.
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The Trump administration is weighing deporting migrants to Central and South America by ship.
Attributed to two US officials speaking to The New York Times; echoed by Raw Story and David Bier, but all trace back to the same Times reporting of an internal deliberation.
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The ships under consideration include a 500-foot training vessel.
Two US officials told the Times; MARAD budget material on the Golden Bear training ship is consistent with such a vessel existing but does not confirm it is under consideration.
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Ferries are among the ships under consideration.
Two US officials told the Times; no independent source in the list confirms ferries.
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Each voyage could take days.
Estimate attributed to two US officials via the Times; plausible given the distances to Central and South America.
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Each voyage could cost millions of dollars.
Estimate attributed to two US officials via the Times; Raw Story notes the preliminary proposal lacks a voyage budget, so the figure is a rough estimate.