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Trump to Ramp up Transfers to Guantánamo, Including Citizens of Allies
- The Trump administration is planning to begin relocating thousands of undocumented immigrants to the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, potentially as soon as June 11, 2025.
- This plan arises amid overcrowding in domestic detention centers and follows President Trump's pledge to conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.
- Officials plan to medically screen roughly 9,000 individuals from various countries, including U.S. allies in Europe, to assess if they are fit for transfer to the infamous facility opened after 9/11.
- Guantanamo Bay, seized in 1898 and leased from Cuba in 1903, is historically known for detaining terrorism suspects, and its expanded use has drawn legal challenges and condemnation from rights groups citing harsh, punitive conditions.
- The transfers aim to ease overcrowding but raise concerns about detainee welfare, capacity limits, and lack of notification to detainees' home countries, suggesting continued controversy over the base's role in immigration enforcement.
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Trump officials deny migrant Guantanamo transfer plan
A plan that had been in flux now appears to be at a standstill. Earlier this week, reports revealed the Trump administration was again preparing to transfer immigrants residing in the United States illegally to Guantanamo Bay. Originally, the plan called for at least 9,000 detainees to be sent to the U.S. naval base in Cuba. But according to Politico, the civil unrest in Los Angeles disrupted those efforts. A U.S. diplomat spoke anonymously and …
Politico: Trump WH Pausing Gitmo Migrant Transfers
The Trump administration is pausing the transfer of thousands of foreigners to the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba partly because of the riots in Los Angeles, reports Politico. The unrest, one administration official told the news outlet, “got in the way.” The report comes a day after Politico and The Washington Post reported that the administration was vetting at least 9,000 migrants for transfer to the base, including people from France, Britain…
American Oversight Sues over Guantanamo Deportation Plan Amid Trump's Authoritarian Posturing - American Oversight
From Guantánamo and Alcatraz to a military parade in the nation's capital on his birthday, the president is channeling strongman imagery. Our lawsuit seeks records related to the reported Guantanamo detention plan.
Several U.S. media report that the Administration is preparing shipments of thousands of people to the prison, including citizens of the United Kingdom, France and Italy, with no intention of alerting the countries of origin Donald Trump likes to identify irregular migration with crime.And he often says that the country was invaded by millions of criminals who arrived from remote prisons.The U.S. president never provides data and sources from wh…
Trump administration plans to transfer thousands of migrants to Guantánamo Bay
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to increase the number of undocumented migrants being transferred to the US Naval facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, according to government documents obtained by POLITICO and the Washington Post. The documents, released by the media outlets Tuesday, state that 9,000 undocumented immigrants are currently being vetted for transfer to Guantánamo, with the transfer date being as soon as later this week. …
White House Denies Trump Prepping to Send Thousands More Migrants to Guantánamo
Multiple outlets reported that President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to potentially transfer up to thousands of undocumented immigrants to the U.S. naval station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba—though the White House denies it.
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