Memo shows U.S. can send migrants without criminal records to Guantanamo, despite Trump's promise to hold "the worst" there
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Summary
A government memo obtained by CBS News shows the Trump administration created broad rules outlining which migrants can be held at Guantanamo Bay, allowing officials to send non-criminal detainees there despite a vow to hold “the worst” offenders.
The memo does not mention any criminality assessment and defines a “nexus” to crime broadly, including paying a smuggler.
Theresa Cardinal Brown, a former U.S. immigration official during the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, said the rules “apply very broadly to any immigrant who came to the U.S. via the U.S.-Mexico border” and do not include “any individualized assessment.”
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said, “Gitmo is open.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guantanamo-trump-migrants-without-criminal-records/