Experts Describe Trump's Use of Guantanamo Bay to Detain Migrants as Multi-Billion-Dollar 'Political Theater'
The use of Guantánamo Bay for migrant detention is neither a last resort nor a necessity but rather a costly and ineffective policy choice, the Niskanen Center argues.
What is Guantanamo Bay? What to know as Trump plans to open detention center to migrants
President Trump announced that he is directing the opening of a detention center for migrants inside of Guantanamo Bay.
US has held migrants at Guantánamo Bay before, but Trump’s approach is different
In the 1990s, the U.S. used Guantánamo Bay to hold Haitian and Cuban immigrants intercepted at sea. The Trump administration is now sending to Guantánamo people who were arrested on U.S. soil. That hasn’t happened before.
Guantanamo Bay: Pictures show first migrants being flown to detention center after Trump order
President Donald Trump announced earlier in the week that he planned to expand the U.S. detention facility capabilities on the U.S. military base in Cuba to house up to 30,000 migrants
Trump administration sends first group of migrant detainees to Guantanamo Bay
The U.S. government is moving quickly to implement President Trump's order to turn facilities at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base into a large-scale immigration detention center.
Court Blocks Donald Trump Sending Migrants to Guantanamo Bay
A federal court on Sunday prevented the Trump administration from transferring three Venezuelan men from an immigration detention center in New Mexico to Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, according to the immigrants' lawyer.
Court blocks Trump administration from deporting 3 Venezuelan immigrants to Guantanamo Bay
A federal judge is blocking three Venezuelan immigrants from being transferred to Guantanamo Bay, which is being used in part as a facility to house migrant detainees as part of President Trump's mass deportation plan.
Court blocks Trump administration from sending three migrants to Guantánamo
A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three migrants to the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales temporarily halted the transfer of three migrants from Venezuela,
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The “Punitive Theater” of Trump’s Plan to Send Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay
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ACLU demands access to Guantanamo immigrant detention center
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem has said the Guantanamo detention center will hold 'the worst of the worst.' ...
Trump admin plans to use notorious Guantanamo detention facility and nearby tents to hold immigrants
The facility has been used to hold detainees accused of terrorism since 2002. The majority of immigrants sent to Guantanamo ...
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‘Frankly Insane’: Trump’s Plan to Ship Migrants to Guantanamo Could Quickly Collapse
Before we get into the legal issues, what are some of the practical problems with using Guantanamo as a detention center for migrants? Well, the base was built to be a coaling and refueling ...
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Migrants arriving at Guantánamo Bay are entering a ‘legal black hole’, refugee groups warn
This past week, the White House began flying undocumented immigrants, whom they deem a “high threat” and “criminals,” to the infamous detention center in Cuba as part of President Donald ...
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Trump’s Gitmo Detention Center Would Be Bigger Than History’s Worst Concentration Camps
In a press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will build a 30,000-bed detention center in Guantanamo Bay. His office also issued a memorandum without ...
Detention center in Cuba sparks concerns about costs, migrant rights
The detention of migrants at Guantánamo Bay is poised to spark a new chapter of legal challenges about the rights of those ...
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Guantánamo Bay's population could increase tenfold with Trump's migrant crackdown. Here's how they're preparing
open image in gallery Guantánamo Bay is notorious for its detention center which housed suspected terrorists. The population of the detention center has significantly dwindled in recent years ...