Trump administration empties Guantanamo of migrants, flies all back to US
Source: The Hill
Trump administration empties Guantánamo of migrants, flies all back to US
by Ellen Mitchell - 03/13/25 11:18 AM ET
The Trump administration’s plans to detain migrants in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, hit another roadblock this week after all 40 such individuals held there were sent back to the United States, with no future deportation flights scheduled to the island.
A Defense official confirmed to The Hill Thursday there are “zero” migrants being held at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, including a group of 23 “high threat” individuals held at the detention facility on base and 17 others who were detained at the migrant operations center there.
The official did not say where the men had been moved to, but multiple outlets reported they were transported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aircraft Tuesday and relocated to one or more of the agency’s facilities in Louisiana.
Further questions were referred to ICE, which did not respond to requests for comment from The Hill. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not comment.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5192805-trump-guantanamo-migrants-flights/
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