Miami, United States. – A Federal Judge of the United States blockade This Sunday the transfer of three Venezuelan migrants to the detention center of the Guantanamo Naval Basea measure that has been promoted by the president’s administration, Donald Trump.
A Judge of the US District Court, Kenneth J. Gonzales, ruled that the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) could not transfer to migrants, who were in custody in new Mexico. “My decision is limited only to these three petitioners,” Gonzales clarifiedwho was appointed by former president Barack Obama.
The court order occurred in response to a application for migrants, who had questioned their arrest before the presidential elections and denounced the possibility of being sent to Guantanamo after the start of transfers from Venezuelans with “similar characteristics”.
At the end of last month, Trump signed a memorandum to prepare facilities in Guantanamo with the aim of housing deported migrants. During the signing of the Laken Riley Law, the president defended the measure claiming that he had “30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst illegal criminals that threaten the American people”.
“Some are so dangerous that we do not even trust that their countries retain them, because we don’t want them to return, so we will send them to Guantanamo,” Trump added. “This will double our ability immediately. And it is a difficult place to escape. ”
The first military flight of the United States with deported migrants landed in The Guantanamo Naval Base On the night of Tuesday, February 4, American official sources reported.
The White House confirmed That transferred migrants belong to the Aragua Train, a criminal organization of Venezuelan origin with presence in several Latin American countries. Karoline Leavitt, spokesman for the Government of Donald Trump, declared at a press conference that the immigration authorities were prioritizing the arrest and expulsion of “violent criminals” as part of the national security policy.
This is the first time in decades that this detention center, known for having housed terrorism suspects after the attacks of September 11, 2001, receives migrants in US custody.
In addition to using this base as a detention center, the Trump administration ordered ICE to increase the number of daily arrests, with the goal of capturing between 1,200 and 1,500 people per day.
