Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claims the U.S. government tried to deport a cannibal from America, but the immigrant was so “deranged” he began eating himself on the plane. The wild story was shared on Tuesday as Donald Trump toured a migrant detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”: a controversial facility based in Florida’s swampy Everglades region,

The Homeland Security chief's unverified anecdote is the latest attempt to dehumanize immigrants and justify federal agents rounding them up.