US sends first flights with migrant criminals to Guantanamo Bay after Trump crackdown
SUMMARY
The US has begun transferring detained illegal aliens to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of President Trump’s intensified immigration crackdown. Two flights have already transported detainees this week, including one from Fort Bliss, Texas, carrying around a dozen individuals, according to the Wall Street Journal. Guantanamo Bay, historically used for high-profile terrorist suspects, has a 120-bed facility designated for migrants intercepted while attempting to enter the US through the Gulf of Mexico. Trump has proposed expanding the facility’s capacity to hold up to 30,000 detainees, signaling a major escalation in immigration enforcement. On February 2, US Marines deployed from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, aboard a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to support operations at the site. The administration defends the move as necessary to handle ongoing border enforcement efforts, while human rights groups are already up in arms over the 'humanitarian conditions'.
