Lawsuit filed to block US from transferring 10 migrants, including Bangladeshi, to Guantanamo

The first US military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, is boarded from an unspecified location in the US on February 4, 2025. - DHS/Handout via Reuters

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A US civil rights group on Saturday (March 1) sued to block the Trump administration from potentially transferring ten migrants from the US to a naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detailing harsh conditions and suicide attempts among migrants held there.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., said the transfers violate US immigration law by moving the detainees outside of the country and aim to stoke fear without a legitimate rationale.