GUANTANAMO, OPEN FOR BUSINESS!
The first flight carrying detained migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay was set to head to the American naval base in Cuba, as the Trump administration undertakes the initial phases of expanding a small migrant-detention center there.
A flight Tuesday from Fort Bliss in Texas to Guantanamo, scheduled to leave in the afternoon, has roughly a dozen migrants on board, people familiar with the matter said.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the developments Tuesday on Fox Business. “The first flights from the United States to Guantanamo Bay with illegal migrants are under way,” she said, listing recent immigration-related actions that President Trump has taken. “He’s not messing around.” [Ed.: FAFO, as they say.]
The U.S. base at Guantanamo always has had a facility to detain some migrants, typically those caught heading for the U.S. at sea. The administration has said it would expand operations there to hold up to 30,000; the base is now equipped to hold 120 migrants.
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