Trump, Guantánamo Bay

Migrants were detained at Guantánamo Bay before Trump’s order. Here’s what to know.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is ordering officials to establish a massive migrant detention facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. He made the announcement during a signing ceremony for the Laken Riley Act, which allows authorities to detain undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes.
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Trump’s Guantánamo Bay detention plan is a disaster. Just look at history.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Trump administration had sent 10 immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, an unprecedented and possibly illegal move.
First group of migrant detainees to be sent to Guantanamo Bay under Trump plan
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.
Trump’s Guantanamo migrant plan evokes a dark history
The US has maintained a migrant detention facility there for decades that is separate from the notorious high-security jail for foreign terror suspects, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Trump's Plan to Send Migrants to Guantanamo Bay is 'Frankly Insane,' Former State Department Official Says
A senior State Department official now working at Yale University as a law professor has weighed in on President Donald Trump's plan to send up to 30,000 migrants to Guantanamo Bay for detainment, calling the plan "insane".
Trump officials eye daily migrant detainee flights to Guantanamo Bay
The Trump administration's objective is to send groups of unauthorized migrants from the U.S. mainland to Guantanamo each day, using military aircraft to airlift and relocate detainees.
Video: Chained migrants marched into Guantanamo Bay after Trump’s crackdown
Chained migrants marched into Guantanamo Bay after Trump’s crackdown THIS is the dramatic moment shackled migrants are marched into the hellhole jail Guantanamo Bay after being flown in from the US. A second batch of prisoners was today banged up in the terrorist centre after Trump vowed to crack down on illegal migrants.
Trump administration confirms first illegal migrants have been sent to Guantanamo
The Trump administration has started deporting undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday.
Trump administration begins first detention flights to Guantanamo Bay
Trump administration sent the first flight of detained migrants on military aircraft to the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Flashback: The Little-Known History of Guantanamo Bay
President Trump’s stated plan to detain 30,000 migrants at the naval base brings a little-known history back into the spotlight: When the U.S. held Haitian asylum seekers there starting in the early ...
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History of Illegal Aliens at Guantanamo Bay
Trump’s decision to temporarily house criminal illegal aliens at Gitmo has earned headlines across the media, but the move is not novel.
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Can the United States Send Undocumented Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay?
Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants includes a plan to transport potentially thousands to Guantánamo Bay. It is likely to spur international ...
U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo, Cuba, has history of detaining migrants, terror suspects
President Donald Trump signed a memo Wednesday approving the use of the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the ...
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US Sends First Deportation Flights to Guantanamo Bay
Trump made immigration ... Bay. The policy revives a controversial strategy last used during the Clinton administration when thousands of Cuban and Haitian migrants were detained at Guantanamo ...
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Trump orders Guantanamo Bay to be used to detain 30,000 immigrants
In the 1990s, the base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees Trump made ... that right now” when asked about using Guantanamo Bay to house immigrants. She made the comments in regards ...
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Trump administration begins sending migrants to Guantánamo Bay
The Trump administration has started the process of transporting migrants to the Guantánamo Bay ... in American history,” and he has repeatedly sought to portray undocumented immigrants as ...
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Trump announces up to 30K illegal immigrants will be sent to Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday that he plans to send up to 30,000 illegal immigrants to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay ... territory — though historically there were ...