Trump's First Military Flight of GTMO-Bound Migrants Leaves El Paso

Trump’s First Military Flight of GTMO-Bound Migrants Leaves El Paso


The first military flight transporting migrants to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp from El Paso for the Department of Homeland Security departed Biggs Army Airfield on Tuesday. The camp in Cuba is currently undergoing modifications that will allow for up to 30,000 migrants to be held at the facility located within the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

Once a military prison designed to house terrorists and enemy war combatants, the facility will now undergo renovations that will allow for the detention of up to 30,000 migrants. The announcement to utilize the facility for that purpose was made by President Trump shortly after signing the Laken Riley Act in late January.

The Department of Homeland Security did not provide the exact number of detainees on the flight

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