'This Cannot Happen': Biden DHS Seeks Contractor for Migrant Detention Center at Guantánamo Bay

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : In December of that year, Guantánamo Bay became the site of a refugee camp built to house those who sought asylum while the [George H.W.]
43% : "Instead of defaulting to a law enforcement response grounded in deterrence, the administration should instead live up to our legal and ethical obligation to allow Haitians to apply for asylum," Young said.
42% : Though the White House, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not respond to requests for comment, the revelation from NBC News' Jacob Soboroff and Ken Dilanian sparked widespread condemnation.
38% : Soboroff and Dilanian noted that the records "provided no indication that the Biden administration is planning to transfer migrants from the southern border to Guantánamo Bay," which has been used by previous U.S. administrations to detain aslyum-seekers.
17% : The contract solicitation for the facility comes as President Joe Biden faces global criticism for his administration's response to thousands of Haitain migrants who gathered at a camp on the Texas-Mexico border in the context of its broader policies on asylum and deportation.

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