U.S. authorities have actually eliminated immigrants from detention centers at the Guantanamo Bay marine base as a federal court in Washington weighs an obstacle by civil liberties supporters to holding immigrants at the overseas military station.
A representative for the U.S. Southern Command on Thursday stated that no “unlawful aliens” are being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba after 40 immigrants were flown off the base upon Tuesday to Louisiana.
Authorities decreased to define why the immigrants were moved to the U.S. or to share their names and citizenships.
In addition, 2 U.S. authorities stated on condition of privacy, to supply extra information on the motion, that while the 40 immigrants have actually been eliminated, it does not imply that the center will not be utilized in the future– it’s simply not chosen yet.
Future “high-threat” detainees might be sent out there, the authorities stated.
President Donald Trump has actually stated he will send out the worst criminal migrants to Guantanamo Bay, however civil liberties lawyers state lots of detainees moved there do not have a rap sheet which the administration has actually surpassed its authority in infraction of U.S. migration law.
Civil liberties lawyers took legal action against the Trump administration this month to avoid it from moving 10 migrants apprehended in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay and submitted declarations from males held there who stated they were maltreated in conditions that a person of them called “an ordeal.”
The transfer of apprehended immigrants to Guantanamo Bay “makes up an illegal elimination” and breaches the Migration and Citizenship Act, advocacy groups consisting of the ACLU stated Thursday in a court filing.
The Trump administration states it commands broad authority to hold immigrants with last deportation orders at Guantanamo Bay.
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Lee reported from Santa Fe, New Mexico.