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Human Rights Groups Demand Biden Administration Stop Detaining Refugees at Guantánamo

HeadlineOct 18, 2024

One hundred twenty-five organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration asking the U.S. government to end its “diversion and mistreatment of asylum seekers by exiling them to Guantánamo, out of reach of their families, advocates, public consciousness — and the law.” The letter was organized by the Haitian Bridge Alliance and the International Refugee Assistance Project, which found detained asylum seekers, including children, were being held indefinitely in prison-like conditions with insufficient healthcare and little access to legal assistance.

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