Trump admin reportedly to start transferring Romanian, EU illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay
Update: In a reaction to the information published, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that deportations from the US of European citizens, including Romanians who are illegally in the country, to Guantanamo Bay will not be…
Radu Dumitrescu · Journalist
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Update: In a reaction to the information published, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that deportations from the US of European citizens, including Romanians who are illegally in the country, to Guantanamo Bay will not be happening. “This is a fake story. It’s not going to happen,” Leavitt said, sharing a link to the Washington Post article on X.
The Romanian Embassy to the US, in turn, said that it is maintaining close contact with the US and will be clarifying the status of Romanian citizens who are in the process of being returned to the country.
Initial story: Journalists atWashington Post andPolitico say that the Trump administration is set to begin deportations of EU nationals that are present in the US illegally to Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. Roughly 100 Romanian citizens are reportedly among those considered for deportation.
US media cites government officials who anonymously confirmed that at least 9,000 individuals are being processed for the transfer. Politico, which has seen internal documents from the Department of Homeland Security, writes that the plan was developed in recent days and that some changes may occur along the way.
However, in the version reviewed by journalists, there is no provision for notifying the countries whose citizens are to be detained at Guantanamo.
The measure will initially target around 800 Europeans, including 100 Romanians, the US media reported. Those targeted by the measure come from US-allied nations like Romania, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Turkey, and Ukraine.
