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International Business Times
International Business Times
National
Brian Slupski

Guantanamo Bay Sits Largely Empty Despite Trump Plans To Send 30,000 Immigration Detainees There

Despite plans by President Trump to fill the Guantanamo Bay naval station with 30,000 high-priority criminal aliens, the facility remains largely.

Despite plans by President Trump to fill the Guantanamo Bay naval station with as many as 30,000 high-priority migrants with criminal record, the facility remains largely empty, according to a new report.

CBS News detailed that, as of May 11, there were six detainees at the facility. Over the course of the last year, the total number transferred there was 832. There were 100 employees at the facility for every one detainee. Also, the cost of expanding the detention facilities and staffing it had ballooned to more than $70 million.

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