NILC Statement on Trump Expansion of Immigrant Detention at Guantanamo

Jan 29, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2025

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Adrian Escárate, 202-609-9976
Emily Morris, 213-457-7458

NILC Statement on Trump Expansion of Immigrant Detention at Guantanamo

WASHINGTON — Raha Wala, vice president of strategy and campaigns at the National Immigration Law Center, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement ordering the expansion of immigrant detention at Guantanamo Bay:

“Guantanamo is and always has been a legal black hole where abuse runs rampant. It’s a stain on our nation’s history and has no business being used for detaining migrants or anyone else. Rather than expanding operations at Guantanamo, we should be expeditiously shuttering it.”

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