The U.S. military transported 17 new immigrant detainees to the Guantánamo Bay military base on Sunday, just before efforts to jail an anticipated 30,000 immigrants in tent camps at the base were halted over concerns the makeshift facilities don’t meet ICE’s detention standards.
The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday where he was seen meeting and greeting the troops stationed there.
As President Donald Trump continues carrying out his mass deportation plans, more and more testimonies are coming out of the harsh conditions detainees experience at the newly opened detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
Democratic lawmakers are questioning the long-term damage detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay will have on U.S. military resources as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth toured and touted the mission unfolding at the naval base in Cuba.
Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.
A group of five Senate Democrats led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter to President Trump Monday challenging his transfer of migrants to detention centers at the U.S. Naval station in
Flights that left from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Thursday transported nearly 200 illegal immigrants detained on the island back to Venezuela.
California’s Democrat U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Denounces President Trump’s Unlawful Transfer of Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay