President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department on Wednesday to get the naval installation at Guantanamo Bay ready to house up to 30,000 immigrants who are awaiting deportation from the United States.
Karen Greenberg, director of Fordham University School of Law’s Center on National Security, discussed the proposed military installation in Cuba with ABC News Phil Lipof on Wednesday.
KAREN GREENBERG: To begin with, it is an American outpost rather than foreign territory in the sense of the US. And one of Guant Namo’s most puzzling features has always been that.
As seen by the imprisonment of war on terror detainees, it is a location where the United States has frequently attempted to relocate people without the legal protections they enjoy in the United States to the homeland.
Furthermore, it is inaccurate to say that the migration center is located on foreign territory, even though we can discuss it. It is located at Guantanamo Bay on a US base.
GREENBERG: The figures he was speculating about will be a significant obstacle for them. I’ve never heard of it before, but I’m not sure if they can manage the 30,000 that he tossed out. I think they housed no more than 21,000 people when I was aware of it, which was in the 1980s and 1990s.
They have detained refugees on several occasions. We are currently employing it for some immigrants and asylum seekers who were intercepted, and President Biden talked about using it for migrants as well but never did. However, no such quantity or capacity has ever been suggested previously.
Therefore, I assume that they will have to construct some kind of facility, not only for the amount of migrants they are discussing, but also for the guards, medical facilities, and other things.
They had to construct the Guantanamo detention center for war on terror inmates in order to make a point. They also completed it fast.
They built state-of-the-art maximum security jails and accommodation for those who would have to care for them in the 100 days it took to finish. so that it can be finished fast.
GREENBERG: The reports don’t seem promising. Furthermore, I would like to emphasize that the issue is not exclusive to earlier reports.
It’s also important to remember that in September, the International Refugee Assistance Project published a study that described the conditions under which migrants are being detained at Guantanamo, including abusive treatment, filthy conditions, and this kind of unclear legal status.
Therefore, I don’t think that has been accurately depicted in the past; for instance, in the 1970s and 1990s, there were claims and records of abuse and filthy circumstances.
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