Detaining illegal immigrants at Guantanamo could result in legal challenges, slow deportations, experts say
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The influx of illegal immigrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba could result in legal challenges that could slow deportations.
Around 150 Marines are at the Naval Station and have set up tents for around 1,000 migrants in the other part of the installation. But those facilities with latrines and showers are not yet ready for an onslaught of 30,000 migrants as promised by Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
Among the uncertainties of the plan, what's inevitable is that those detained will most likely file petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, which asks a judge to review the legality of the prisoner's detention, said Eugene Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School who teaches a course on military law and Guantanamo Bay.