The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.

The individuals at risk of detention at Guantanamo Bay include seven Venezuelan nationals, one Afghan national, one Pakistani national and one Bangladeshi national.

The confusion surrounding the detention of migrants at the base and their sudden deportation shouldn’t be mistaken for a broader lack of planning.

Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants detained in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, their second legal challenge in less than a month over plans for holding up to 30,

Kahn President Donald Trump caught the Pentagon off guard when he announced late last month that he would be expanding the migrant holding facility at Guantánamo Bay to “detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.

Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants detained in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and filed statements from men held there who said they were mistreated there in conditions that of one of them called ''a living hell.