Federal court blocks Trump admin from sending detained Venezuelan immigrants to Guantánamo Bay
FOX NewsJAN 30
Court Blocks Trump's Plan to Send Migrants to Guantánamo
Above: Barbed wire and opaque screens over chainlink fences obscure classified areas within the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Image copyright: Elise Swain/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
Deporting dangerous criminal migrants to Guantánamo Bay is a necessary strategy for solving the border crisis. The base offers an ideal location for processing and holding high-risk detainees until they can be properly deported. This should send a strong deterrent message to others considering illegal entry.
Democratic narrative
This could be a major human rights crisis that echoes the facility's controversial history of abuse and limited oversight. The remote location will severely restrict detainees' access to legal counsel and family contact while wasting taxpayer money on an inhumane solution to the border crisis.