The Trump administration detained Yoiker Sequera at Guantanamo Bay for almost two weeks before he was deported to Venezuela. His mother reflects on finding out her son had been sent to the infamous prison and the effects it had on her.
Three migrants sent to Guantánamo said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating strip searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.
Durán Arapé recalled. He said ICE agents told him, "You are going to Venezuela." What followed surprised Durán Arapé: he, along with more than 170 Venezuelan men, were flown to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba naval base for two weeks. NPR spoke to two immigrants ...
More than 100 immigrants have been detained on U.S. soil and sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba since President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration began.
Two of the 170 migrants authorities recently held for two weeks at the Guantanamo Bay naval base described the conditions in the detention facilities.
The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
Kevin Rodríguez, now back in Venezuela, said the uncertainty of not knowing how long he would be in the U.S. military facility was what worried him the most.
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.
The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.
A U.S. civil rights group on Saturday sued to block the Trump administration from potentially transferring 10 migrants from the U.S. to a naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detailing harsh conditions and suicide attempts among migrants held there.