1 day ago · President Donald Trump says he will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of criminal immigrants in the U.S. illegally. While the U.S. naval base is best known for the suspects brought in after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it also has a separate facility used for decades to hold detained immigrants.

1 day ago · President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 migrants ... a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who ...

1 day ago · Naval Station Guantanamo Bay has been used by the U.S. since 1898, when U.S. forces used the area in the Spanish-American War. According to the Navy, a lease for 45 square miles of land and water ...

2 days ago · He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The bipartisan act, the first piece of legislation approved during Trump’s second term, was named for Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was slain last year by a Venezuelan man ...

1 day ago · Guantanamo Bay has long been used to house immigrants, a practice that has been criticised by some human rights groups. ... The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last ...

1 day ago · The act is named after a 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia who was murdered in 2023 by an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela. ... Operations Center at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay to ...

Guantanamo Bay from satellite. Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo, [baˈia ðe ɣwãnˈtanamo]) is a bay in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba.It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.. The United …

Jan 12, 2025 · Since 2002, roughly 780 detainees have been held at the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Now, 15 remain. Of those, 9 have been charged with war crimes in the military...

Jan 9, 2025 · The oldest is Abd al-Hadi al Iraqi, 63, who is the most physically disabled prisoner at Guantánamo Bay. He has been convicted of committing war crimes in 2003-04 wartime Afghanistan.

Jan 11, 2024 · It was 22 years ago this week that the U.S. opened a military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold suspected terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. That prison remains open today. It still holds 30 men, many of whom have never been criminally charged, and there has still been no 9/11 trial.