Why in the world are they building detention camps in Guantanamo?? I thought Texas offered them land

[Peacetrain]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/texas-offering-land-trump-mass-deportation-facilities-rcna182627
Since they are so hell bent on redoing all the government to save money.. one has to ask themselves why would they not use all that land in Texas.. It would be so much cheaper than flying people to Cuba ..building in Cuba.. moving guards to Cuba. etc etc etc

But COMMON SENSE tells me that it is more to hide what happens to people, in a far away detention center.. far from the prying eyes of the press..

[2naSalit]

1. No doubt about it. nt

[SheltieLover]

4. And a way to grift flight fees.

[dalton99a]

2. They want a safe place to rape and abuse women and children

[FraDon]

3. 'cause we still want Cuba

and we're still pissed about that Bay of Pigs thing.

[LuvLoogie]

5. What are concentration camps for?

No lists. No fingerprints. No pictures.

Just nameless people.

[Voltaire2]

9. the nazis made lists and took pictures and tattooed id numbers on their victims. nt.

[LuvLoogie]

21. They did, but I don't think trump will.

He doesn't want any trace. He's going to wipe our data, so that he can steal from us, then erase us.

[DSandra]

6. That and that they not on American soil and technically are not bound by American law

They can torture prisoners all they want essentially.

[DBoon]

8. They can deny prisoners legal representation and forbid congressional investigations

They can trash the Bill of Rights just like W did

[DSandra]

15. I'm surprised how little has been said that America already went through a trial run of fascism

The Bush Administration hit all 14 characteristics of fascism, though they were pretty light compared to now.

[John1956PA]

10. Yes. Having no rights, they will have no standing to file writs of habeas corpus. n/t

[Igel]

14. Or in a very real sense they're deported--removed from the country.

Just not repatriated.

A part of me thinks that if a government/country won't take back its citizens, maybe the press of having them detained in Gitmo might be a bit of motivation for at least some. (And if not, they're not in the US--so they can be detained indefinitely, unlike on US soil where they can't be, not without legal grief.)

Not sure Trump's going to get his jollies by knowing people are tortured at Gitmo.

[PortTack]

7. Yes, far away from prying eyes. even American citizens will get lost in this mess.

Here’s an action you can take that the gqp hate….when you call them, be sure to refer to them as camps, not detention cntrs. They hate that, says it makes them look like Nazis…because they are!

[DSandra]

16. Reminds me of a skit...

[Johonny]

11. That is what Bush did

And it worked

[orangecrush]

12. You poor summer child

Take a wild guess.

[rampartd]

13. that is where thy will send trump's enemies to "confess"

waterboarding, to maga, is not "cruel and unusual punishment" but merely an "enhanced interrogation technique"

kash : "well, let me ask you again, hunter, whose dick pic is that on the lap top"

[Initech]

17. Because it's about fellating the cult and getting Fox News ratings.

Middle of nowhere Texas doesn't bring in the prime time ratings. Guantanamo Bay is a household name. It brings in the ratings and allows Fox News to fearmonger the shit out of it. It's all about the political and news network theater with this clown. It keeps the masses drawn in, while allowing and distracting the populace from getting away with the real crimes against humanity elsewhere.

And by stacking the Pentagon with his shitty ass kissing propaganda outlets, they'll be able to get away with it, and control the narrative while getting away with some truly evil shit behind the scenes. Fuck this administration.

[JanMichael]

18. No oversight. Can do anything they want.

[Mountainguy]

19. It's probably a lot more simple than most here are thinking

I don't think it has anything to do with rights, or torture, or the press.

I think Trump thinks that saying he's sending immigrants to GITMO sounds tough, and he like that.

[localroger]

20. Because "I sent them to Guantanamo" sounds so much manlier /nt