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.
Trump said the site would “detain the worst criminal illegal aliens” and be “a tough place to get out of.”
Guantánamo Bay, which is also the site of a prison that held terrorist suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has become a notorious symbol of U.S. excesses during the “war on terror,” including the brutal mistreatment of prisoners and detention of suspects for two decades without charge.
Human rights groups have condemned Trump’s move. “Migrants and asylum seekers are being cast as the new terrorist threat, deserving to be discarded in an island prison, removed from legal and social services and supports,” the Center for Constitutional Rights said in a statement. The group, which has represented a number of Guantánamo detainees, said it will continue to challenge the U.S. government’s use of the facility.
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