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The US held migrants at Guantanamo before. Is Trump’s approach different?

A group of people dressed as prisoners protest against Guantanamo Bay being used as a detention camp, outside the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2023 [File: Sarah Silbiger/Reuters]
  • When the US held Haitians and Cubans at Guantanamo Bay
  • How the practice was restarted
  • What’s different about the Trump administration’s approach?

The Donald Trump administration has started sending flights of undocumented migrants in the United States to Guantanamo Bay. The officials in charge have painted the move as a common practice, saying Guantanamo Bay has always been used for immigration enforcement.

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