Trump Issues Memorandum to Detain Migrants at Guantanamo
The president directs the secretaries of defense and homeland security to expand the migrant operations center to “full capacity.”
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On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum directing the secretary of defense and the secretary of homeland security to expand the migrant operations center at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station to “full capacity” in order to detain “high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States.”
The three-paragraph memorandum cites a need “to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty.”
You can read the memorandum here or below:
Olivia Manes is an associate editor of Lawfare. She holds an MPhil with distinction in politics and international studies from the University of Cambridge and a dual B.A. with distinction in international relations and comparative literature from Stanford University. Previously, she was an associate editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.
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