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Hundreds of troops have deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to support “holding operations” for a new 30,000-person migrant ...

Fort Bliss officials confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was visiting the Borderland on Monday.

The Pentagon expects to send two flights of migrants to Guantanamo Bay this weekend, the first step in President Donald Trump’s plans to use the the base for detaining people swept up in his ...

The plan has raised questions and concerns. Guantanamo Bay has for decades been used to hold Caribbean asylum seekers and refugees caught at sea. Migrants are held in a different part of the base ...

(Joint Task Force Guantanamo/Flickr) “Obviously we don’t agree with the treatment of migrants as criminals. And we’re always going to look for international law and the protection of human r ...

"Most people don't even know about it." Deserted guard tower within Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2016. "Guantanamo Bay is a perfect ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed that the "worst of the worst" criminal migrants will be temporarily housed at Guantanamo Bay detention camp and that "all options will be on the table ...

President Donald Trump’s plan to use Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants thrusts the Pentagon into a challenging, costly new effort just as officials vow to refocus the military on its core mission.

The Trump administration recently passed the Laken Riley Act, announcing plans to open a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold thousands of migrants living in the U.S. Trump signed a ...

at Marine Corps Security Force Company, Aug. 27, 2021, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP File Photo/Alex Brandon) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who served as an officer at Guantánamo Bay ...