Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have removed 177 Venezuelan illegal immigrants from a detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, sending them back to their home country.
The Trump administration had opened a detention facility at the base to “detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.” ICE confirmed reports that the illegal immigrants had been transferred from Guantanamo Bay in a Feb. 20 post on X.
“ICE Air Operations transported 177 Venezuelan illegal aliens from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras today for pickup by the Venezuelan government, which returned them to their home country,” the agency wrote.
In an effort to rapidly deport those who have entered the country illegally, the Trump administration has made agreements with Colombia, Venezuela, and El Salvador to accept repatriation flights of deportees….