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Trump Will Place 30,000 Migrants at Guantanamo Bay United States (US)

Holiday Ayo - President Donald Trump on Wednesday (29/01) announced he would sign an executive order to establish a holding facility at Guantanamo Bay for the 30,000 illegal migrants and criminals he plans to deport.

Trump said he would direct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparations for the deployment.

He said at an event when he signed into law another immigration detention act, or the so-called Laken Riley Act.

According to Trump, the US military's detention facility at Guantanamo Bay will be used to detain illegal immigrants with the worst criminal records, who threaten the security of the American people.

Massive deportations in the Trump era During the 2024 presidential election campaign, Donald Trump promised to significantly reduce immigration and strengthen border controls.

Trump has signed a series of executive orders targeting border guarding and law enforcement since taking office.

He did all this very openly, such as by showing photos of US military planes carrying migrants and landing in Central America.

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Although similar deportations also occurred under the Joe Biden administration, at that time the US did not use military aircraft.

Trump said he could not guarantee that some people deported to their home countries would stay there.

The military prison at Guantanamo Bay opened in January 2002 on a US Navy base located southeast of Cuba.

 

When launching the war on terrorism after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the George W.

 

Bush administration chose Guantanamo prison to hold people accused of being terrorists and arrested by the US.

 

This place was chosen because of its unique position, being under US control, but not technically in US sovereign territory.

 

Thus, hundreds of people sent to Guantanamo Bay ended up entering an uncleared area, where they had no legal rights.

 

Over the years, the treatment of detainees such as allegations of interrogation through torture, and the US government's legal efforts to detain hundreds of people without charge, sparked international condemnation including from the United Nations.

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