by Stephen Prager | Mar 20, 2026 | blackout, blackouts, Blockade, cuba, embargo, Gitmo, Guantánamo Bay, immigration, News, Sanctions, Trump Administration
As the Trump administration sows chaos with a crushing fuel blockade of Cuba, a general told Congress that the military will “set up a camp” at Guantánamo Bay to detain those who try to flee the humanitarian crisis inflicted by the United States. The phrase “humanitarian crisis” was used by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to describe the situation in Cuba during a Senate Armed Services Committee…
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by Amy Maxmen | Feb 9, 2026 | cuba, Detention, Donald Trump, Guantánamo Bay, healthcare workers, ICE, immigration, News, Torture
Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her to tears. She had been selected for deployment to the Trump administration’s new immigration detention operation at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. This posting combined Donald Trump’s longtime passion to use the offshore base to move “some bad dudes” out of the United States with a promise made shortly…
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by Silky Shah | Jan 20, 2026 | Abolition, Alien Enemies Act, CECOT, Deportation, Deportations, Donald Trump, Guantánamo Bay, ICE, Immigrant Jails, mass deportation, mass deportations, Migrant Jails, Minneapolis, Op-Ed, Renee Nicole Good, Resistance, Trump Administration
Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2025 has been a nightmare for immigrants and for the country. The administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda brought forth an onslaught of cruel, violent policies intended to sow fear, suppress dissent, and vilify immigrants. Taking stock of all of Trump’s actions on immigration in 2025 is nearly impossible. This is, of course, by design.
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by Maha Hilal | Jan 6, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Courts, Donald Trump, Guantánamo, Guantánamo Bay, immigration, Nicolás Maduro, Op-Ed, Supreme Court, Travel Ban, Trump Administration, Venezuela
At a press conference on January 3, President Donald Trump announced that the United States had carried out strikes on Venezuela and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Trump alleged that Maduro oversaw the Cartel de los Soles and had sent members of the Tren de Aragua gang to the United States to terrorize Americans. Unlike previous U.S. presidents…
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