Senators tour Guantanamo Bay, criticize misuse of military and taxpayer dollars

Senators tour Guantanamo Bay, criticize misuse of military and taxpayer dollars

A delegation of U.S. senators visited Guantanamo Bay to assess the handling of deported migrants by the Department of Defense. They criticized the operation, calling it a waste of military resources and a misuse of taxpayer money. Senators were briefed on the high operational costs at Guantanamo, which reached $40 million for a six-week period. The senators are urging President Trump to halt the relocation of migrants to Guantanamo Bay. Full Sto…

Maddow Mocks Hegseth for Wasting $40 Million on Guantánamo Migrant Efforts: 'Because These Guys — Don't Forget —Government Efficiency!'

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow mocked former Fox News host and now U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for using $40 million worth of taxpayer money in just one month to fund a migrant detainment facility in Guantánamo Bay that has since been shut down. “The [New York] Times reporting tonight that Hegseth’s failed gambit to stand-up a U.S. military role at Guantánamo, specifically to make it look like Guantánamo has something to do with [Donald] Trump…

NEW YORK- On the weekend that just passed, a group of five Democratic Party senators reproached the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for “disbursing” public funds by sending immigrants to Guantánamo and “absolutely using” U.S. military forces at the military base. The group, led by Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, and California Senator Alex Padilla, visited the bay on Friday and subsequently issued a statement in which he said it is…

(April 1, 2025. El Venezolano).- The U.S. government has spent $40 million in a single month to arrest some 400 migrants in Guantánamo, according to Democratic Senator Jack Reed in an interview with The New York Times. During this weekend, five Democratic Party senators criticized the Donald Trump administration by ensuring that they “waste” public money by sending migrants to the Guantanamo base and by “misusing” U.S. military forces.

Five senators who visited the United States base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there over the weekend as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month. The Senate delegation toured on Friday the immigration and customs enforcement facilities where around 85 migrants were detained, even in a prison that for years housed war detainees linked to Al Qaeda. Sena…