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Migrants to be Shipped to Guantanamo, El Salvadorian Prisons
While Trump sends migrants to Guantanamo, President Bukele agreed to house migrants and U.S. citizens in El Salvador’s prisons
As the Trump administration sends migrants from the U.S. to be detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, questions about the legalities of such a move continue to rise. At the top of the list are questions about what measures the administration has taken to ensure migrants receive the due process they are entitled to under the U.S. Constitution. At this point, as with many other executive orders, it appears as though this hasn’t been thought through.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has worked out a deal with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to house detained migrants and U.S. citizens in El Salvadorian prisons — another move that creates many legal questions. At issue are the rights of migrants already in detention and those of U.S. citizens who are imprisoned. Incarcerating them outside the U.S. legal system presents a dubious proposition, at best.
“Multiple agreements were struck to fight the waves of illegal mass migration currently destabilizing the entire region,” said Spokesperson Tammy Bruce via a readout issued by the Department of State. “President Bukele agreed to take…
