Overview

• Since February about 500 migrants have been sent to a newly authorized internment facility at Guantánamo Bay, which can hold up to 30,000 people under President Trump’s executive order.
• The Department of Homeland Security is conducting medical evaluations for roughly 9,000 migrants, including about 800 European citizens, ahead of potential transfers without notifying their home countries.
• Senior State Department officials are urging Homeland Security to halt the relocations, warning the plan could damage relations with key U.S. allies.
• A class-action lawsuit in federal court challenges the use of Guantánamo Bay for immigrant detention, arguing the facility’s punitive history and current practices violate rights.
• Advocacy groups report detainees face insufficient food, just one weekly clothing change and rodent infestations, while lawmakers estimate detention costs near $100,000 per person per day.