White House Considers Sending Haitian Migrants to Guantanamo Amid Possible Mass Exodus

The Biden Administration is considering temporarily sending Haitian migrants to Guantanamo Bay as it prepares for a mass exodus of Haitians amid growing gang violence and political instability, according to a report published on Sunday.
The National Security Council is working with the Department of Homeland Security to consider the options to house the growing number of Haitian migrants leaving the country, including using an existing intake center in Guantanamo Bay or designating a third country to temporarily hold the migrants.
Designating a third country, commonly referred to as a “lily pad,” to hold and process Haitian migrants found at sea would most likely overwhelm a given country, according to U.S. officials. Most likely these migrants would need to be taken to Guantanamo, they added.