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'The confinement is unbearable': Migrants describe being held at Guantanamo

The Trump administration has flown about two dozen migrants from various countries to Guantanamo Bay, raising questions about the selection process.
Angela Sequera described her desperation and fear upon learning her son had been transferred to Guantanamo, where many associate it with terrorism and torture.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security claimed that many of the Venezuelans detained at Guantanamo had ties to gangs, though it did not provide evidence.
Zoe Bowman stated that little is known about the conditions in Guantanamo or the reasons for the government's decisions, highlighting ongoing concerns and a lawsuit regarding migrant access.

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The Texas Tribune

Trump is sending migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo. One mother spe…

Yoiker Sequera’s mother reflects on her fears after finding out her son had been detained in the infamous prison in Cuba for two weeks before being deported to Venezuela.

3 days ago·Austin, United States

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Trump turns Guantánamo Bay into a deportation prison – a video analysis

Airplanes with migrants have been landing on Guantánamo Bay for weeks, but the designated shelters are apparently not yet completed. Most of the affected people instead land in the high-security prison, which was once built for terrorist suspects.

3 days ago·Zürich, Switzerland

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Just the News

Senate Democrats warn that housing migrants at Guantanamo Bay pose threat to military readiness

The senators cited previous reports that alleged abuse and mistreatment of detainees in facilities operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and expressed concern that those same abuses could happen to migrants at Guantanamo.

3 days ago·Washington, United States

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dissidentvoice.org

Fiendish Experiments: Trump’s Guantánamo Bay Migrant Detentions

Guantánamo Bay has been a fiendish experiment in US law for decades. The fiendishness lies in the subversion. Operating as a naval base in Cuba, this contentious facility has been the site and location for the cruelties of paranoia and empire, a place where such laws as due process are subverted, and the presumption to innocence soiled. In this contorted way, the civilian and military branches have mingled and corrupted, the result proving a nig…

3 days ago

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ProPublica

Trump Is Sending Migrants From Around the World to Guantanamo. One Mother Speaks Out About Her Son’s Detention.

Yoiker Sequera is one of nearly 200 immigrants who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay. His mother reflects on finding out that Trump had sent her son to the infamous prison before deporting him to Venezuela and the effects it had on her.

3 days ago·New York, United States

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MyCentralOregon.com

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'The confinement is unbearable': Migrants describe being held at Guantanamo

The main gate at the prison in Guantanamo at the US Guantanamo Naval Base on October 16, 2018, in Guantanamo Base, Cuba. (Photo by SYLVIE LANTEAUME/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — When Jose, a Venezuelan migrant who was seeking asylum in the United States, was awoken by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official at 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 8, he sensed he was being sent to Guantanamo Bay, home of the notorious U.S. prison camp that administrati…

3 days ago

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