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

President Trump is transferring migrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay "without statutory authority" and for "punitive, illegitimate reasons," a new lawsuit from immigrants’ rights advocates says. The post ‘Must be stopped’: Trump shipping migrants to Guantanamo Bay for ‘punitive,

This time, detained undocumented immigrants — not terrorism suspects — demonstrate why the prison should be closed.

The new case, which for now is asking for a court to block the transfer of 10 men to the offshore base, is the first to directly challenge the policy.

More than 100 immigrants have been detained on U.S. soil and sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba since President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration began.

Three migrants sent to Guantánamo said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating strip searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.

Two of the 170 migrants authorities recently held for two weeks at the Guantanamo Bay naval base described the conditions in the detention facilities.

Democratic lawmakers are questioning the long-term damage detaining migrants at Guantanamo Bay will have on U.S. military resources as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth toured and touted the mission unfolding at the naval base in Cuba.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 3 The Washington Post on Guantanamo Bay Since President George W. Bush opened the facility in 2002, at the height of the