The head of the US Department of Homeland Security on Sunday declined to say whether migrant women, children or families would be included in Trump administration expansion plans for the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention center, saying instead the federal government would utilize all available facilities under the law.
Homeland security chief declines to say whether women, children to be held at Guantánamo Kristi Noem instead says government will use all available facilities under law for detention center expansion plans.
Asked repeatedly on NBC News whether women, children and families would be among those held at the detention center, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem declined to directly answer.
In separate Sunday interviews, Noem and Homan both reiterated that the administration was targeting “the worst of the worst” with its sweeps to detain people who are in the United States illegally, noting that a recent enforcement action in New York City focused on individuals with criminal arrest warrants.
Donald Trump last week said he was expanding a detention facility at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold 30,000 people.
