Guantanamo Bay—best known for its high-security prison—just had a short-lived experiment as an immigration detention site.
But now, all migrants held there have been quietly removed and sent back to the U.S.
Just weeks ago, officials transported a small number of undocumented migrants to the U.S. military base in Cuba.
This revived a decades-old practice that has long drawn criticism from human rights groups.
But as of March 13, according to a defense official, not a single migrant remains at the facility.
Why The Sudden Change?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) isn’t saying, but the move comes just days before a federal court was set to review a legal challenge against detaining migrants at Guantanamo.
Coincidence? Maybe. Strategic retreat? Possibly.
Originally, the Biden administration had expanded the Guantanamo Migrant Operations Center to hold up to 30,000 people.
However, in reality, only a few hundred were ever sent there.
Now, the last group—reportedly 40 people—has been relocated to an immigration facility in Louisiana.
For now, Guantanamo’s role in immigration remains uncertain.
But one thing’s clear: the political and legal battles over U.S. immigration policy are far from over.
