Summary

Donald Trump announced an executive order to expand migrant detention at Guantanamo Bay, authorizing the Pentagon and DHS to prepare facilities for up to 30,000 undocumented immigrants.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the plan as “an act of brutality,” criticizing U.S. use of Guantanamo for detention.

Refugee advocates also decried the facility’s conditions.

The expansion follows Trump’s signing of the Laken Riley Act, which increases pre-trial detention for undocumented migrants accused of crimes.

  • z3rOR0ne
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    1010 hours ago

    And then the US said to Germany, “We too, can do Auschwitz.”

  • @[email protected]
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    2214 hours ago

    Isn’t Guantanamo Bay specifically there as a gray area prison that doesn’t have to abide by US laws and guidelines?

  • @Bieren
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    3016 hours ago

    What would it take for Cuba to break the lease agreement and tell the US to gtfo?

    • @[email protected]
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      1716 hours ago

      They don’t accept the payment that the U.S. provides. I don’t think they can force the U.S. off the island. I’m sure they would have by now if they could.

      • @Madison420
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        1315 hours ago

        They’ve only cashed a single check for it iirc and that was by mistake. Castro famously would show off his stack of checks from the American government.

    • @Tikiporch
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      516 hours ago

      Cuba and the US must mutually decide to end the lease. That’s not happening.

  • @[email protected]
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    316 hours ago

    One of them has their hand on the water and power controls. If it’s the right one, then the problem solves itself.