Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday where he was seen meeting and greeting the troops stationed there.
Three migrants sent to Guantánamo said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating strip searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.
A Venezuelan migrant, Kevin Rodriguez, speaks on the conditions inside the military base Guantanamo Bay. NBC News' Marissa Parra shares the details as the Trump administration halts the temporary protected status for Venezuelans in the United States.
Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.
The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
A group of five Senate Democrats led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter to President Trump on Monday challenging his transfer of migrants to detention centers at the U.S. Naval station in Guantánamo Bay,
Almost a week after the Trump administration sent migrants from Guantanamo back to Venezuela, the deportees are describing their ordeals.
A lack of transparency means that questions remain over even the exact number of people who’ve been incarcerated there.
California’s Democrat U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Denounces President Trump’s Unlawful Transfer of Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay