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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base occupying a location on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the ...
There were 10 U.S. military flights that originally transported all the migrants to Guantanamo Bay, with the first carrying 10 migrants arriving on Feb. 4. "These 10 high-threat individuals are ...
The U.S. Navy base in Cuba has been ordered by President Donald Trump to prepare to house as many as 30,000 migrants as he ramps up efforts to fulfill campaign promises and deport millions of ...
Here's what you need to know about Guantanamo Bay. What is Guantanamo Bay? Naval Station Guantanamo Bay has been used by the U.S. since 1898, when U.S. forces used the area in the Spanish-American ...
Here's a look at the U.S. naval base, widely known as “Gitmo,” and its history: How does the US government use the base at Guantánamo Bay? While the U.S. naval base in Cuba is best known for the suspects brought in after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it has a small, separate facility used for decades to hold migrants.
The naval base at Guantanamo Bay was leased by Cuba to the American government through the "Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval stations", signed by the President of Cuba and the President of the United States on 23 February 1903. The lease agreement from 1903 says in Article 2:
Here's a look at the U.S. naval base and its history: How does the U.S. government use the base at Guantanamo Bay? While the U.S. naval base in Cuba is best-known for the suspects brought in after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it also has a separate facility used for decades to hold migrants.
President Trump plans to expand Guantanamo’s capacity to hold illegal immigrants, signing an order on Jan. 29 directing the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to prepare the naval base ...