Cubans Held at Guantanamo Returned to Cuba

The United States repatriated 170 Cuban citizens, including more than 50 men who had been transferred from an ICE holding facility in Natchez, Mississippi, to a former prison at Guantanamo Bay starting in December 2025. The men had agreed to abandon their immigration cases expecting direct deportation to Cuba but were instead confined in a facility previously used for suspected al Qaeda detainees. The ACLU, which challenged the use of Guantanamo for ICE detainees, confirmed all 55 men were returned on the flight.