Immigrant rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an attempt to prevent the transfer of migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay. The lawsuit, filed by legal advocacy groups including the ACLU, argues that the transfers are illegal and violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit claims that the migrants, who have final orders of removal, are at risk of being sent to Guantanamo, where they may face harsh conditions and be denied access to the outside world. The groups argue that there is no valid reason to transfer migrants to Guantanamo when there is ample detention capacity in the U.S. The lawsuit also challenges the government’s authority to detain migrants on U.S. soil or transfer them to other countries, but specifically objects to the transfer and detention of migrants at Guantanamo, which they say is unlawful and unprecedented. The government has not provided any notice of when transfers will occur or who will be transferred, causing uncertainty and fear among the migrants and their families. The administration previously revealed that it had detained 178 Venezuelan migrants at Guantanamo, but most were deported or returned to detention in the U.S. The groups behind the lawsuit argue that the Trump administration’s actions are wasteful, illegal, and unnecessarily cruel towards immigrants.
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