You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Hegseth Visits Guantánamo; Trump Tells ICE to Track Down and Deport 100,000s of Immigrant Children 

HeadlineFeb 25, 2025

The Trump administration has halted efforts to jail immigrants in tent camps at Guantánamo Bay over concerns the makeshift facilities don’t meet basic detention standards. Trump officials had planned to build the tent structures to detain an anticipated 30,000 immigrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. This comes as Pete Hegseth is traveling to Guantánamo today — his first visit to Guantánamo since his confirmation as U.S. defense secretary. Hegseth was previously based in Guantánamo, where he served as an Army national guard. We’ll have more on Guantánamo after headlines.

In more immigration news, the Trump administration has directed ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to track down and deport hundreds of thousands of immigrant children who came to the U.S. without their parents. When children migrate to the U.S. alone, they are usually placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which are both now overseen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., raising concerns from advocates of further abuse and rights violations.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top