Donald Trump evaluates to use the Guantanamo base to stop undocumented migrants

The administration of Donald Trump Evaluate use facilities for migrants in the military base of Guantanamo to retain migrants in an irregular situation in USA That the authorities seek to deport their countries of origin, said the Secretary of National Security on Wednesday, Kristi calls.

Mention He made those statements in an interview with the chain Fox Newsin which it was directly asked if the naval base, located in Cuba, was an option to send immigrants arrested by agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICEin English).

The official explained that the government is evaluating several options to expel those in USA irregularly, especially nationals of countries that do not accept deportations, such as Venezuela and Cuba.

“We are evaluating it and debating it at this time. It is a decision of the president, but it is a resource and we will continue to explore how we can use all our resources to hold the United States safe ”said Noem.

The field of detention of the base of Guantanamo It was opened in 2002 by the then president George W. Bush (2001-2009) to retain accused of terrorism within the framework of the “Global war against terrorism” after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Although the migrants They are retained in a separate area, are found in a legal limbo within a military base that operates outside the US immigration laws.

The situation has been historically opaque, with little public information about what is happening there.

A report published in September 2024 by The New York Timesbased on internal reports of the Governmentrevealed that detainees face precarious conditions in Guantanamoincluding complaints that they are forced to wear opaque views during transfers inside the base, that their calls with lawyers are monitored and that Some facilities are full of rats.