Guantanamo could be used to hold up to 30,000 migrants
Politics,Immigration,Guantanamo,Donald Trump,Pete Hegseth
Base would house migrants waiting to be transported to their home countries. Guantanamo could be used to hold up to 30,000 migrants According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "a perfect place" where the Trump administration could hold up to 30,000 migrants while they await being deported from the United States to their home countries. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare the base to hold what he had earlier...
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