Trump’s migration policy: White House: The first migrants are brought to Guantánamo

According to President Donald Trump’s US government, the first arrested migrants are brought to the US military base Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. The spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox Business’s television station: “Today the first flights with illegal migrants from the United States take place to Guantánamo Bay.” She didn’t give details. However, Leavitt emphasized that the new President Fackele did not long and will “no longer allow America to be a drague for illegal criminals from all countries in the world”.

A few days ago, Trump had publicly announced that he was planning a large detention center for criminal migrants at the US military base Guantánamo Bay. In the future, 30,000 of the “worst criminal illegal immigrants” could be detained. Trump argued that it was “a place from which it is difficult to get away”. The Republican instructed the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Homeland to start preparations for it. The move immediately met with criticism.

The little -known part of Guantánamo Bay

There has been a little -known facility in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba for decades, in which migrants entered illegally, before they are deported to their homeland or other countries. According to the US media, only a negligible number of people had been housed there in recent years. Trump now wants to drastically expand the capacities.

The US Navy base Guantánamo Bay in Cuba is notorious because of a controversial prison camp that the United States had built after the attacks of September 11, 2001. At times, almost 800 people were detained there. The camp was set up at the time to capture alleged Islamist terrorists without a process. Human rights organizations have long been calling for closure. However, a small number of prisoners are still housed there.

The existing migrant facility in Guantánamo Bay is separated from the famous prison camp.