The first planeloads of illegal immigrants detained in President Trump’s crackdown have departed for Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where a small migrant detention center could be expanded to house tens of thousands. Two planes carrying migrants have departed this week, with one departing from Fort Bliss, Texas, with about a dozen people onboard, the Wall Street Journal reported. Guantanamo Bay has traditionally been used to house terrorists captured by the US, but has always had room — about 120 beds — to house migrants caught trying to sneak into the US through the Gulf of Mexico.
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