In an interview with the Fox News network, the US official said that the government of Donald Trump is “assessing and debating it at this moment” before determining “how we can use all our resources to keep the United States safe.”
The Guantanamo naval base is located in an occupied portion of Cuban territory. Its prison opened in 2002 during the administration of then President George W. Bush (2001-2009) to hold accused terrorists and is the target of complaints about human rights violations.
Trump took office on January 20 and has signed the executive order that led to the current raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service to arrest and expel thousands of foreigners, mostly from Latin American and Caribbean nations.
Countries on the subcontinent have prepared conditions to receive their compatriots and denounce the disrespectful treatment to which they are subjected during mass raids and subsequent repatriation.
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