The US president says he will order the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to prepare the facility to house as many as 30,000 migrants.

Summary

Donald Trump announced an executive order to expand migrant detention at Guantanamo Bay, authorizing the Pentagon and DHS to prepare facilities for up to 30,000 undocumented immigrants.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the plan as “an act of brutality,” criticizing U.S. use of Guantanamo for detention.

Refugee advocates also decried the facility’s conditions.

The expansion follows Trump’s signing of the Laken Riley Act, which increases pre-trial detention for undocumented migrants accused of crimes.

  • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    They’ve only cashed a single check for it iirc and that was by mistake. Castro famously would show off his stack of checks from the American government.