Defense Department data sent to Congress shows the amount of taxpayers spent by flight to send migrants to the notorious United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
The USA Department of Defense has invested more than $ 21 million on flights to Guantanamo Bay in the middle of the President Donald TrumpThe Mass deportation effortsAccording to data sent to Congress by the Department of Defense.
NBC News initially reported $ 21 million. Shortly after taking office, Trump directed his administration to use the North -American Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to house migrants, saying that the “worst” criminals would be held there as part of their repression against immigration.
From Trump’s directive, little information has been provided about the flights carried by migrants at the base or amount costing the North -American taxpayer.
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In February, the administration transported a group of Venezuelan migrants to the installation before they were taken to Honduras. The administration has previously used the installation for the house of migrants before transferring them to another place.
The data sent to Congress, who answered questions from Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), show that the US transport command has flown a total of 46 flights on military aircraft “in support of Migrant deportation flights” in Guantanamo Bay between January 20 and April 8.
Flights total 802 hours and cost an average of $ 26,277 per hour of flight, adding to more than $ 21 million.
“All North -Americans should be outraged by Donald Trump Walking military resources to pay for their political acrobatics that do not make us more secure, “Warren said in a statement.
“United States service members did not sign up for this abuse of power.”
The administration has transferred to Guantánamo both of the detainees “at high risk” and “low-risk” and a government note shows that the Trump administration has created broad rules that are described what migrants can be held in the Guantanamo bay, allowing them to send non-criminal migrants there, according to reports from reports, according to reports from the report from information. CBS news.
According to an analysis of the American Immigration Council by 2024, deporting the number of immigrants that the administration aims to cost almost $ 1 trillion for the next decade.
If a million immigrants were deported each year, it would cost $ 960 million, according to the analysis.