“Some are so dangerous that we do not even trust their country of origin, so that they remain because we don’t want them to return. So we send them to Guantanamo,” Trump said.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has signed a memorandum so that the Pentagon and the Department of National Security Enable 30,000 beds In the naval base of Guantanamo Stop migrants without papers.
The memorandum text speaks about expanding the current center “to its full capacity” without giving a specific figure, although in statements during an action in the White House Trump has assured that there will be 30,000 beds.
“We will have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to hold the worst illegal criminal immigrants who pose a threat to the American people,” Trump said during the action before he signs the memo.
“Some are so dangerous that we do not even trust their country of origin, so that they remain, because we do not want them to return. So we will send them to Guantanamo,” Trump said by a law against migrants with minor crimes announce.
“It’s a hard place. It is a place that is difficult to go out“He added about Guantanamo.
The tsar of the border with Trump, Tom Homan, has clarified in statements to journalists who will remain the ice responsible for operating the detention center with 30,000 beds.
The migrants who arrive at the Guantanamo -based so far are those who intercept the American authorities in the sea when they try to reach the coast of the country, mainly from Cuba and Haiti.
Homan said it will be the extensive center for “The worst of the worst“
The migrant population at the base is usually very low. According to data published by the New York Times, between 2020 and 2023, the center only housed 37 people.
The Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has described as an “act of cruelty” the announcement and criticized that the Guantanamo-base is in “Illegally occupied Cuba Territory.”
Source: EITB
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