Right now, the base only holds 32 immigrants, making the whole effort look like a massive waste. Close to 500 people total have been held there since January with no more than 200 at a time. Many immigrants held there have been returned back to the U.S., as was the case with 40 people briefly held at the prison in March.
“Every American should be outraged by Donald Trump wasting military resources to pay for his political stunts that do not make us safer,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “U.S. service members did not sign up for this abuse of power.”
But even if the Guantanamo Bay base was holding as many immigrants as Trump promised, it would still be a bad idea to be using the detention center in this way, or even at all. A relic of the Cold War days when Cuba’s communist regime was aligned with the Soviet Union, Guantanamo Bay became notorious after the September 11 attacks for holding terrorism suspects under the questionable legal designation of “enemy combatants.”
And Trump wants more immigrants held there: U.S. Transportation Command has ordered that a new additional weekly flight to Guantanamo begin. It’s part of a mission named Operation Southern Guard and involves the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the military. The base should have been closed years ago, but thanks to the inaction of previous Congresses and presidents, it continues serving a dubious purpose.
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