Guantanamo, Migrants and Trump Administration

Trump Administration Moves More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay
The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
Trump said Guantanamo would hold 'high threat' migrants -- but others have ended up there
The Trump administration said that Guantanamo would house the most violent undocumented migrants -- but relatives of some detainees say they don't have criminal records.
‘Nobody really knows what’s going on’: US officials scramble to expand Guantanamo Bay for migrants
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department are racing to set up multiple tent facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house thousands of migrants, but the scattered efforts have prompted questions internally about who’s in charge and what will happen once people arrive on site.
What We Know About the Secretive Migrant Mission at Guantánamo Bay
The Trump administration has said little about the Venezuelan men who were transferred from Texas to the U.S. military base in Cuba.
Guantanamo Bay still being used to detain migrants despite transfers: Tom Homan
President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, confirmed that the administration will continue to use Guantanamo Bay as a holding facility for migrants after the Department of Homeland Security transferred over a hundred Venezuelan detainees out of the facility on Thursday.
Nearly 200 Venezuelan migrants are flown home from Guantanamo Bay, with a layover in Honduras
Nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. were returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay, in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S. deportations.
Guantanamo Bay migrant detainees removed from base: ICE
A photo released by the Department of Homeland Security of the first flight of migrants who were part of Tren de Aragua, preparing to takeoff for Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 4, 2025. Via DHS. (WASHINGTON) — U.
US halts plan to house migrants in tents at Guantanamo amid concerns over conditions
The Trump administration has halted efforts to place migrants in tent structures built at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba amid concerns ...
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Troops deployed to Guantanamo Bay increased to roughly 1,000
More than 200 additional troops have been deployed to Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to help support the detention of ...
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More Troops Sent to Guantanamo Bay as Court Testimony Shows One-Third of Detainees Were 'Low Threat'
The number of troops being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of migrant detention operations there continues to swell, ...
Nearly 200 Venezuelan illegal immigrants detained at Guantánamo Bay are flown back home
Flights that left from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Thursday transported nearly 200 illegal immigrants detained on the island back ...
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The Chaos of Trump’s Guantánamo Plan
The confusion surrounding the detention of migrants at the base and their sudden deportation shouldn’t be mistaken for a broader lack of planning.
New arrivals at Guantanamo Bay are Venezuelan immigrants with final deportation orders
U.S. immigration and military authorities say they are holding exclusively Venezuelan immigrants subject to final deportation ...
Trump's Guantanamo ICE facility an end-run around Congressional inspections
By establishing a 30,000-bed ICE facility on the Guantanamo Bay naval base, Trump has made an end run around the power ...
Migrants detained in Guantánamo are deported back to Venezuela
Many of the migrants were being kept in a detention facility that has historically held suspected terrorists. They were flown ...
Can Migrants Be Lawfully Transferred to Guantánamo? Here’s What to Know.
Lawsuits are challenging President Trump’s abrupt decision to send men awaiting deportation to the American military base in ...