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Guantánamo Bay: the US prison camp in Cuba Trump is eyeing for illegal migrants

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FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, an Army soldier, right, and a Marine stand in front of the gates that separate the Cuban side from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
The Guantánamo Bay US naval base has primarily been used for the detention of suspected terrorists over the past two decades. President Trump has announced plans to use the base to house illegal immigrants. Photograph: Ramón Espinosa/AP

As part of his administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, US president Donald Trump has announced that the United States will hold migrants at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba.

Known primarily for holding suspects accused of terrorism-related offences, Trump ordered the preparation of a 30,000-person “migrant facility” that he said would be used to “detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.”

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