Overview

• The Trump administration spent $16 million preparing Guantánamo Bay to house up to 30,000 migrants, but only a few hundred were ever detained there.
• All remaining migrants at Guantánamo Bay, totaling 41, were transferred to ICE facilities in Louisiana earlier this week.
• Officials confirmed that the tents built at the base for migrant detention did not meet ICE standards, including lacking air conditioning and other amenities.
• Defense and Homeland Security officials are now reconsidering the use of Guantánamo Bay for future migrant detention efforts.
• Critics, including Rep. Sara Jacobs, have called the plan costly, inefficient, and primarily a political gesture rather than a practical solution.