Trump Wants to Detain 30,000 Migrants at Guantanamo Bay. It Can Hold Only 130 Now.

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30,000 migrants to GITMO, drone sightings (re)explained, and more

This is a solemn edition of the Pentagon Rundown. Officials believe that 64 people aboard an American Airlines passenger plane and three crew members of an Army Black Hawk helicopter were killed when the two aircraft collided on Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. First responders continue to work tirelessly to ensure that all those lost in the crash are recovered and reunited with their loved ones.  Much has happened…

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Trump Said a Guantanamo Bay Facility Can Hold 30,000 Migrants, But The Number Likely Won't Be Reached Anytime Soon

Department of Homeland Security and Navy documents from 2021 and 2022 show the migrant detention center only has the capacity to hold 400 people at the moment

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Trump Wants to Detain 30,000 Migrants at Guantanamo Bay. It Can Hold Only 130 Now.

In a pre-recorded video uploaded to social media, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had little more to add beyond noting that the Pentagon was "leaning forward on supporting the president's directive."

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Trump is facing criticism for plans to hold up to 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that instructs the Pentagon and HHS to prepare 30,000 beds at Guantanamo to house undocumented criminal migrants.

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order this Wednesday that the Guantánamo military prison, reserved for prisoners accused of terrorism, should house up to 30,000 irregular migrants. “I will sign a decree today ordering the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to start preparing facilities for 30,000 migrants in Guantánamo Bay,” said the first U.S. president who referred to them as “criminals” in an irregular situation. Some of these…

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One of the US's more than 900 military bases around the world is the illegally occupied zone around Cuba's only deep-water port, Guantánamo. Here is one of the US's notorious torture centers where people have been held without trial for over 30 years. By Ane Hoel. Trump has now decided that tens of thousands of Latin Americans who are being deported from the US will also be placed on this military base. What he will use this demonstrative brutal…