Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to repurpose Guantanamo Bay as a detention centre for unauthorised immigrants, aiming to house those with criminal records. The order also seeks to expand the facility to provide space for 30,000 beds for such individuals. Additionally, Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, requiring the detention of non-US nationals arrested for specific crimes, named after a murder victim at the University of Georgia by an undocumented immigrant.

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