The Detention Facility at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is not a Refugee Facility
Tom Homan, a member of the Trump administration, said migrants would be flown directly to the border. Homeland Security Secretary Noem said Immigration and Customs Enforcement would run the facility. And she said Congress would appropriate money for all that.
The administration did not state how much it would cost. But it would require construction; food and lodging for the people held there; guards or staff to oversee the facility; and transportation to get migrants there.
President Trump says he plans to use a migrant holding facility at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to house up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the U.S. He said he wanted to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens at the bill signing event. Trump raised the idea of reusing the base during his first term but never did. The secretary acknowledged that Congress would have to approve spending on the concept.
But, Warren added, “it does not give the United States the right to put them in a legal black hole in an offshore prison just to get them out of sight and out of mind. That’s not something that human rights law would allow.”
Warren admitted that the U.S. can deport people with certain criminal convictions and that the Trump administration has widened the types of criminal convictions for which people are deportable.
“The facility is decrepit. It has been falling apart. If people went there it would be so bad that they wouldn’t be able to file lawsuits around the conditions of their confinement while they’re being deported.
“This is not the place that you go to camp.” You’re not putting criminals in camps where ISIS and other criminals “Yes, they are,” he said. Thousands and hundreds of thousands of illegals can be relocated out of the country in a temporary transit so they can return to their home countries.
He said migrants wouldn’t be held indefinitely, as some of them have been without charge for two decades. He said Guantánamo would be a “waystation” for them until the administration finds other countries to take them.
He ordered the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to begin the process of dismantling criminal gangs and restoring national sovereignty.
The Trump administration broke the news Wednesday on Fox News, which had Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the air sharing details about the plan.
The King’s Tale: How Ukrainian Soldiers Caught a Creep at the Dnipro River and Their U.S. Citizens
“Headlock” climbed to the top of the charts this week, just a week after climbing to No. 100. Her career has spanned over two decades, but she has never made it to the main pop chart. The song, which was on her 2005 album Speak for Yourself, became popular with the help of a social media trend. Listen to some of the song and find out more about it.
Just before dark, six Ukrainian soldiers climbed down a ramp into a trench hidden beneath a forested hill near the Dnipro River. They use a large armored vehicle called Nike to prevent the Russians from crossing the river and taking Kherson. Roman Kostenko says the Kremlin wants to take control of the city to establish dominance over the Black Sea and support military operations in southern Ukraine.
Editor’s Note: This story includes descriptions of violent crimes and sexual abuse involving both adults and children that may be disturbing to readers.
Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking. The president gave blanket clemency for Jan. 6 crimes regardless of whether they violently assaulted police. Prior to the Capitol riot, some defendants had no criminal record.
Source: Plane, Black Hawk helicopter collide near D.C. And, Trump’s plans for Guantánamo
The Impact of the Collision of a Jet with a Black Hawk Helicopter on a U.S. Army Airfield
A regional American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter as the plane was approaching a runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last night, according to federal aviation officials. The Pentagon told NPR the helicopter was carrying three soldiers. First responders are searching for occupants in the Potomac River. There is no official word on fatalities, but the incident could be the most significant disaster in U.S. airspace in at least 15 years. Here is a live version of what we know.
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