Trump Administration Ends Guantánamo Bay Migrant Detention Effort After $16M Costs

All migrants have been transferred to ICE facilities in Louisiana as officials reassess the viability of using the naval base for detentions.

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.