Trump still wants to use the base for detention, but a scaled-down version is the likeliest outcome, sources said.

Team Trump rethinking costly Guantánamo Bay immigration plan as power issues plague makeshift detention site: report - The ACLU, joined by other nonprofit organizations, has filed two lawsuits against

The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Center for Constitutional Rights, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), and the ACLU of the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on behalf of migrants who face the risk of being transferred to Guantánamo Bay.

Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday where he was seen meeting and greeting the troops stationed there.

The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.

The plaintiffs are seeking a court order to halt further transfers to Guantánamo and to return any detainees currently held there to immigration facilities within the United States. They also seek a declaration that the government’s actions violate U.S. immigration law, the APA, and the Constitution.

This time, detained undocumented immigrants — not terrorism suspects — demonstrate why the prison should be closed.

In the 1990s, more than 20,000 Haitian and Cuban refugees who were intercepted on their way to the United States were held at Guantanamo Bay. About 50,000 refugees spent at least some time ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 3 The Washington Post on Guantanamo Bay Since President George W. Bush opened the facility in 2002, at the height of the