Kristi Noem says 'due process will be followed' for migrants at Guantánamo Bay
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said that "due process will be followed" for all migrants housed at Guantanamo Bay.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that "due process will be followed" for all migrants housed at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement last week that his administration plans to house thousands of migrants at a military camp there.
"Due process will be followed, and having facilities at Guantánamo Bay will be an asset to us," Noem said in an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press," adding that she appreciates "the partnership of the DoD in getting that up to the level that it needs to get to in order to facilitate this repatriation of people back to their country."
The Trump administration in its first two weeks in office has prioritized executing Trump’s his plans for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants from the United States, plans he touted often on the campaign trail last year.
Immigration enforcement agencies have ramped up their activity in the past two weeks, escalating the need for more detention space for migrants while they are processed for deportation and repatriation to their home countries.
The military facilities at Guantánamo have traditionally been used to house detainees suspected of contributing to the 9/11 attacks on the United States or other international terrorist attacks.
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