Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• February 3, 2025

  2025.02.03 - SOUTHCOM: U.S. Military Troops Arrive at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay for Illegal Alien Holding Operations

  U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM or USSOUTHCOM) announces that U.S. military members, including U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and elements from SOUTHCOM, and U.S. Army South were deployed to Naval Station Guantánamo Bay over the weekend. These troops "joined service members already at the base supporting illegal alien holding operations led by DHS." Over 150 service members are supporting the operation.

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• February 4, 2025

  2025.02.04 - Reported: Trump administration sends first group of migrant detainees to Guantanamo Bay -CBS

  A plane carrying 10 migrant detainees departed from Fort Bliss, Texas for Guantánamo Bay. Two U.S officials stated that the migrants were classified as "high-threat" detainees, with one source saying they were Venezuelan men with affiliations to the gang Tren de Aragua.

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• February 4, 2025

  2025.02.04 DHS releases images of the first flight of immigrant detainees to Guantanamo Bay

  DHS released images of the first flight of immigrant detainees to Guantánamo Bay, all of whom were allegedly members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

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• February 8, 2025

  2025.02.08 - Reported: A Tent City Is Rising at Guantanamo Bay -NYT

  The New York Times reported that more than 30 people described as "Venezuelan gang members" were moved to the Migrant Operations Center (MOC) at Guantánamo Bay. About a dozen men were flown from El Paso, Texas. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited the base and viewed the open-air tent facilities erected to house new arrivals.

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• February 9, 2025

  2025.02.09 Perez Parra et al. v Castro et al., 24-cv-00912-KG-KRS (D.NM.). - Memorandum Opinion and Order

  Chief District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales granted a temporary restraining order barring the U.S. government from transferring the three petitioners to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay.

  *See litigation note above*

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• February 9, 2025

  Complaint: Perez Parra et al. v. Castro et al.

  Venezuelan nationals in ICE detention filed in New Mexico for a temporary restraining order stopping their transfer to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay. Perez Parra v. Castro, No. 24-cv-00912-KG-KRS (D. NM).

  **Litigation entries are limited to initial complaints and major substantive rulings. For pleadings and additional information, use name and docket number to search Civil Rights Clearinghouse and CourtListener or visit Just Security Litigation Tracker**

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• February 12, 2025

  2025.02.12 Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center et al. v. Noem, 1:25-cv-0418 (D.D.C.) - Complaint

  Nonprofit legal services organizations, on behalf of themselves and immigrants detained at Guantánamo Bay and their family members, sued DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and others to gain access to transferred migrant detainees. Plaintiffs argue that the government has denied access to counsel for transferred migrants, which renders their right to habeas corpus "meaningless" and violates their rights. Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center v. Noem, 1:25-cv-0418 (D.D.C.).

  *See litigation note above*

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• February 12, 2025

  2025.02.12 - Reported: U.S. sending nonviolent, "low-risk" migrants to Guantanamo, despite vow to detain "the worst" there - CBS

  CBS reported that the Trump administration is sending "low-risk," nonviolent noncitizen detainees who lack criminal records and have not been convicted of serious crimes to Guantánamo Bay. These "low-risk" detainees are being placed in the Migrant Operations Center, which has historically been used to house asylum-seekers who had been intercepted at sea before reaching the U.S.

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• February 14, 2025

  2025.02.14 Perez Parra v. Castro, 24-cv-00912-KG-KRS (D. NM.) - Notice of Voluntary Dismissal

  The three named Plaintiffs in Perez Parra v. Castro, No. 24-cv-00912-KG-KRS (D. NM), were removed to Venezuela on February 10, 2025, within 24 hours of securing a temporary restraining order blocking their transfer to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay. In light of their removal, their counsel filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with the District Court.

  **See litigation note above**

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• February 20, 2025

  2025.02.20 - Reported: Trump Administration Abruptly Clears Out Migrants It Sent to Guantánamo -NYT

  The New York Times reported that 177 Venezuelans who had been brought to Guantánamo were transferred to Venezuelan custody. They were then put aboard a Venezuelan plane and repatriated. One migrant was allegedly brought back to an immigration facility in the U.S. "It was unclear whether the administration intended to send additional migrants to the base. . . But an ICE official, Juan E. Agudelo, said in a court filing that DHS intended to use Guantánamo 'as a temporary staging facility for aliens being repatriated [for] the time necessary to effect the removal orders.'"

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• February 23, 2025

  2025.02.23 Reported: Trump Administration Moves More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay -NYT

  The New York Times reports that an additional 17 detained immigrants "designated for deportation" were transported to Guantánamo Bay on February 23, 2025. The detainees are all men from various Central and South American countries, and "[e]ight of them were taken into custody by [ICE] after President Trump took office." They are purportedly being held in "Camp 6, a prison that until last month housed detainees in the war on terrorism." The transfers were done without advance notice to legal advocates.

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• February 24, 2025

  2025.02.24 - Reported: US halts plan to house migrants in tents at Guantanamo amid concerns over conditions -CNN

  CNN reported that the Trump administration has halted plans to use tents to house migrants at Guantanamo Bay because the facilities do not meet the standards for detention set by ICE due to a lack of air conditioning or electricity.

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• March 1, 2025

  2025.03.01_Complaint - Espinoza Escalona v. Noem, 1:25-cv-00604, (D.D.C.)

  The ACLU, International Refugee Assistance Project, and Center for Constitutional Rights, on behalf of ten Venezuelan and Afghan nationals in immigration custody "at imminent risk of transfer from the United States to . . . Guantánamo Bay," filed a complaint in the D.C. District Court against DHS Secretary Noem. The complaint alleges that the Immigration and Nationality Act "does not allow for transfers to or detention at Guantánamo" and that the transfers and subsequent detention are arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, as well as violative of plaintiffs' Fifth Amendment due process rights and right to habeas corpus. Plaintiffs also filed an emergency motion to stay their transfer to Guantánamo Bay.

  **Litigation entries are limited to initial complaints and major substantive rulings. For pleadings and additional information, use name and docket number to search Civil Rights Clearinghouse and CourtListener or visit Just Security Litigation Tracker**

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• March 4, 2025

  2025.03.04 ICE: Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (JTF Camp Six and Migrant Ops Center Main A) Guidelines

  ICE has published new protocols for attorney-client communications with detainees held at Guantánamo Bay. The facility is called “Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (JTF Camp Six and Migrant Ops Center Main A).” Among other provisions, the guidelines state that legal representatives may request confidential legal phone calls in 20-minute increments with their clients or prospective clients.

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• March 5, 2025

  2025.03.05 - Reported: U.S. Suspends Costly Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft -WSJ

  The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration has stopped using military aircraft to remove migrants from the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay or other countries. The last military deportation flight was on March 1, 2025, and other previously scheduled flights have been canceled. A defense official stated that the pause on flights "could be extended or made permanent."

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• March 12, 2025

  03.12.2025: Reported: ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities -NYT

  The New York Times reports that "[t]he Trump administration has abruptly cleared out a second group of migrants it brought to the American military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, returning to the United States 40 men it had flown there in the past few weeks, according to officials familiar with the matter." The reason for the move is unclear, but it comes days before a Federal District Court judge in Washington is set to hear a major challenge to aspects of the policy. This is the second time that the Trump administration has brought people to Guantánamo Bay only to remove them after a few weeks.

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