Kristi Noem pressed on CNN on huge cost of detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay

CNN’s Boris Sanchez pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday on the administration’s intention to detain undocumented migrants at the U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Donald Trump made the announcement Wednesday before signing the Laken Riley Act into law. “We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens…

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‘A tough place to get out of’: Trump announces he’s sending migrants to Guantanamo Bay

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he’s ordering the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare Guantanamo Bay to house undocumented migrants. The president made the announcement before signing the Laken Riley Act that received bipartisan support in Congress. “Today, I’m also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of…

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Germany’s far-right ‘firewall’ under strain as migration debate flares

by Frank ZELLER An angry pre-election showdown on immigration flared in Germany’s parliament Wednesday as the conservative opposition said it would accept support from lawmakers of the far-right AfD, breaching a long-standing taboo. Centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz told his election rival Friedrich Merz that any cooperation with the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party would be…

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