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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Housing migrants at Guantanamo Bay costs $100,000 per day per inmate, senator says

Housing migrants at Guantanamo Bay costs as much as $100,000 per inmate, per day, a U.S. senator has claimed, describing the set-up as “outrageous.”

The astonishing figure may mean that President Donald Trump’s use of the naval base in Cuba costs almost 1,000 times more than housing people in U.S. immigration facilities – which is $165.

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