The American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights groups have sued the federal government for access to immigrants who have been detained at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights groups have sued the federal government for access to immigrants who have been detained at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.Among the suit's allegations are that the government has violated habeas corpus and the First and Fifth Amendment rights of detainees.President Donald Trump has ordered facilities at Guantánamo Bay to be brought to full capacity to house up to 30,000 of the 'worst criminal' migrants detained in the U.S.
RELATED STORY | ACLU raises alarm on migrants’ conditions at Guantánamo Bay'The Constitution, and federal and international law prohibit the government from using Guantánamo as a legal black hole. We therefore request that the government provide our organizations access to the noncitizens detained at Guantánamo so that those individuals will have access to legal counsel, and so advocates and the public can understand the conditions under which the government is detaining them.
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