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      <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Biden Plans to Send Asylum Seekers to Guantanamo</h1>September 23, 2021</div>

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                                                <p>In reaction to the 
massive influx of asylum seekers at the U.S. border, President Joe Biden
 seeks to prepare the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to receive 
undocumented migrants.</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued an invitation to 
tender for private contractors to manage the Migrant Operations 
Center (MOC) located inside the U.S. base.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>The contract 
solicitation appeared on ‘Sam.gov’, a government contracting website, on
 Sept. 16, with a deadline for offers of Oct. 1. It states that the 
center currently has a capacity for 120 migrants. Due to the recent 
increase in the arrival of undocumented migrants in the U.S, the 
contractor is requested to expand the center's capacity to receive about
 400 migrants.</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>"At least 10 percent 
of the increased staff must be fluent in Spanish and Haitian Creole. 
Transportation to and from the facility is the sole responsibility of 
the service provider," the statement specifies.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                 
<p>This also fits in with the situation of Del Rio, Texas, where some 
14,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, were crowded in an encampment under a 
bridge after crossing illegally into the U.S.. Democratic representative
 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez commented that the Biden administration's plan
 is "absolutely outrageous."</p>                                                        
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>Similarly, 
Congressman Chuy Garcia wrote: "This administration's treatment of 
Haitian immigrants is going from bad to worse. Seeking asylum is not a 
crime."</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                <p>This U.S. military 
installation in Cuban territory is known for being the site of a 
controversial prison for detainees suspected of terrorism, many of them 
victims of aberrant torture.</p>                                                  
                                        
                                                                
                                            
                                                 
                                                
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                        
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