Will the U.S. Send Haitian Refugees to Guantanamo?

Will the U.S. Send Haitian Refugees to Guantanamo?


by Unsilent Generation
2010-01-19


The U.S. prison complex at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is inextricably linked to terrorism and torture in the minds of most Americans today. But not very long ago, it was known for torment of a different kind. In the 1990s, an immigrant detention center at Guantanamo served as a holding pen for undocumented migrants from the Caribbean who were caught trying to enter the United States. Most notoriously, it was a destination for Haitian “boat people,â€