Trump administration says it has begun deporting migrants to Guantánamo Bay

[industrystandard@lemmy.world]

The Trump administration has begun flying undocumented immigrants from the US to a military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday.

Leavitt told Fox Business Network that at least two deportation flights were “under way”, but gave no further details.

Her comments, however, appeared to confirm reporting by the Wall Street Journal, citing an anonymous official with knowledge of the operation, that about a dozen immigrants were onboard one flight from Fort Bliss, Texas. The newspaper said an additional flight had departed on Monday.

CNN later reported one of the flights had “about nine or 10” people onboard who were detained in the US without valid immigration documents.

[adameatsass@lemmy.world]

I guess all men are not created equal.

[quill7513@slrpnk.net]

the man who wrote that owned ~150 people and forced children to work in a nail factory

[zachariah@lemmy.world]

Aha! Finally unveiling their evil scheme will surely bring them down!

Oh, they announced it themselves. Well, shit.

[rageagainstbelief@lemmy.world]

I get the irony but we should still try to work toward the ideal not away from it.

[ceenote@lemmy.world]

The cruelty is the point.

[qprimed@lemmy.ml]

Abu Ghraib: the sequel

[carmakazi@lemmy.world]

Guantanamo is a notorious US torture facility, it doesn't need to be compared to other US torture facilities.

[qprimed@lemmy.ml]

oh, agreed. I am talking about the proposed, insane expansion of facilities.

[sexy_peach@feddit.org]

Are there protests happening in the US or are they all going huh he does this and that on social media

[jericho_kane@lemmy.org]

Since this is about migrants and not about New Coke, i assume not.

[facedeer@fedia.io]

Sure would have been nice if Obama or Biden had actually closed Guantanamo Bay when they had the chance.

I liked to find silver linings where I can, and what I'm hoping is that when the shambles of the American government finally get back into Democratic hands (or whatever opposition party replaces them, at this point) there will finally be a realization that actual for real change is needed. Democratic politicians have been just treading water for decades now.

[als@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

When is a prison camp not a prison camp? When it's run by the USA! 🥴

[motor_spirit@lemmy.world]

"when it's a jarhead's"

there's close potential idfk

[sexy_peach@feddit.org]

Nah most people know migrants they care about

[laintrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

But those are the "good 'ombres"

[aidskitty@lemmy.world]

Where are you going to send them? Many times the immigrants home countries deny they are their citizens and refuse to accept them back. What do you do then?

[samus12345@lemm.ee]

[floofloof@lemmy.ca]

The point of Guantanamo Bay is that it's not under Cuban law and also not quite under US law. So they really want to be able to do anything to the people they deport there.

Having seen some of these leopards-eating-my-face stories, I imagine there will be Trump voters who suddenly find themselves being tortured in Guantanamo Bay. It's very frustrating because everyone did try to warn them.

[bonifratz@lemm.ee]

Who says they're planning to send them anywhere?