US has held migrants at Guantánamo Bay before, but Trump’s approach is different


By
Ellen Hine
Senior Audience Engagement Producer
February 24, 2025

The U.S. has previously held migrants at Guantánamo Bay. But immigration experts say that flying immigrants there who were initially in the U.S. is unprecedented.

Here’s how President Donald Trump’s plans for detaining migrants at the naval base in Cuba differ from the past.

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