Guantanamo Bay’s New Role: Why Trump’s Sending Deported Migrants To Be Imprisoned Alongside Terror Suspects

The president has put the remote detention center back in the spotlight.

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The U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hollie McKay/The New York Sun

Barbed-wire fences, barren mountains, and withered palm trees define the stark landscape of Guantanamo Bay, a once-infamous site that had largely faded from the headlines — until now. 

The Trump administration has brought the detention facility back into the limelight by transporting migrants to the remote outpost aboard U.S. military aircraft. Over the past week, seven military flights have transferred at least 112 illegal migrants to the base, with plans to expand capacity significantly.

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