Trump Says He Will Order Migrants To Be Detained At Guantanamo Bay

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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will order his administration to prepare Guantanamo Bay for detaining migrants. Speaking at a ceremony for an immigration detention bill, Trump said he would sign an executive order instructing the Defense and Homeland Security departments to ready the “migrant facility.” He claimed Guantanamo has 30,000 beds, though the Global Detention Project suggests its migrant center’s capacity is 130. Guantanamo has housed terrorism suspects since 2002, with over 780 detainees held in total.

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00:02President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will order his administration to prepare

00:06Guantanamo Bay for detaining migrants. Speaking at a ceremony for immigration detention bill,

00:12Trump said he would sign an executive order instructing the defense and homeland security

00:16departments to ready the migrant facility. He claims Guantanamo has 30,000 beds,

00:21though the Global Detention Project suggests its migrant center's capacity is 130.

00:26Guantanamo has housed terrorism suspects since 2002 with over 780 detainees in total.

00:32For all things money, visit Benzinga.com slash GSTV.

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