Trump’s Guantánamo Bay order condemned as ‘disastrous’ and ‘indefensible’ by rights groups – US politics live
US president prompts outrage after signing an executive order to prepare huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay he says could hold 30,000 immigrantsDonald Trump has signed an executive order to prepare a huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay that he said could be used to hold up to 30,000 immigrants deported from the US.Known primarily for holding suspects accused of terrorism-related offences, Trump ordered the preparation of a “migrant facility” that he said would be used to “detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.”Sending scores of immigrants to an inaccessible military base in Cuba could enable the government to deprive them of basic human rights, far from lawyers, the press, and Congressional oversight. Unfortunately, that appears to be the point.If that’s what conditions at Guantánamo were like under Biden, what will it be like when Trump requires the military to detain tens of thousands? Continue reading...
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US president prompts outrage after signing an executive order to prepare huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay he says could hold 30,000 immigrants
Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prepare a huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay that he said could be used to hold up to 30,000 immigrants deported from the US.
Known primarily for holding suspects accused of terrorism-related offences, Trump ordered the preparation of a “migrant facility” that he said would be used to “detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.”
Sending scores of immigrants to an inaccessible military base in Cuba could enable the government to deprive them of basic human rights, far from lawyers, the press, and Congressional oversight. Unfortunately, that appears to be the point.
If that’s what conditions at Guantánamo were like under Biden, what will it be like when Trump requires the military to detain tens of thousands? Continue reading...
