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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just to quell the inevitable outcry of treating them like terrorists-

For years, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, which is located about 200 miles from Haiti, has had a migrant center to hold and process migrants before returning them to Haiti or a third country.

The center — which is separate from where terrorist suspects are held — has been used before. In 2010, for example, the US military prepared the site in anticipation of Haitians fleeing the earthquake-stricken country.

The base is 45 square miles according to Wikipedia.

I'm not defending what Biden is doing, I think we should be taking them in as asylum seekers, but it's not as bad as the headline makes it sound.

[–] Syn_Attck 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think we should be taking them in as asylum seekers, but it's not as bad as the headline makes it sound.

Regardless of his recent misgivings, you should check out this video by someone who actually paid a coyote to take him across the border (idiot thought because he was American that it was fine and legal, lol) and got caught by US border patrol and ended up staying in a holding center for 3 days. https://youtu.be/M5MxAMKmXAM

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not suggesting they are living in luxury. I'm not even suggesting they're being treated well. I'm just saying they're not being locked into little cages like they did with prisoners caught in Afghanistan.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ellis Island 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[–] tal 1 points 8 months ago

I mean, Guantanamo Bay has been used in a similar fashion before. Doesn't really need an analog to something else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_refugee_crisis