US president prompts outrage after signing an executive order to prepare huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay he says could hold 30,000 immigrantsHere’s some more reaction to Donald Trump’s executive order instructing the military to prepare to house 30,000 immigrants at the US naval base in Cuba.“Guantánamo is a stain on our nation’s honor,” Jerry Nadler, the Democratic congressman from New York, said.For years, I have advocated for its closure, condemning the abuses and glaring lack of accountability that persist there. This massive expansion into a mass detention camp is morally indefensible & raises significant civil liberties concerns.We cannot allow this level of dehumanization to become normalized. We need to shut down Guantánamo once and for all. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-01-30 13:38:27
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Trump’s Guantánamo Bay order condemned as ‘disastrous’ and ‘indefensible’ by rights groups – US politics live
