"More than 30 members of Congress have urged Donald Trump's top officials to end the use of Guantanamo Bay naval base for immigrant detention and rule out any plans for military action on Cuba. In the letter to the secretaries of defense, state and homeland security on Wednesday morning, reviewed by the Guardian, Democratic lawmakers led by Delia Ramirez, a representative from Illinois, linked a rise in migration from the island nation to the heightening US aggression on Cuba."
"The US imposed additional sanctions last week and has repeatedly expressed a desire for potential military intervention to depose its government. A US fuel blockade on Cuba, ordered by Trump earlier this year, has contributed to a grave humanitarian crisis on the island. Trump has expressed an interest in regime change in Cuba after January's US Delta Force operation to abduct president Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Cuba is next, by the way, the US president said in March."
"In their letter, however, the members of Congress warned any military action on the island could potentially destabilize the island further, driving up migration from the island to the US. Such action would be unlawful, deeply destabilizing, and catastrophic for the Cuban population, while further increasing displacement, exacerbating mass suffering, and undermining US interests in the region, they wrote. It must be unequivocally rejected."
"The lawmakers demanded the administration stop the use of Guantanamo Bay for migrant detention; lift sanctions contributing to Cuba's humanitarian crisis; and abandon reported plans for US military action. US policies have deliberately targeted Cuban civilians and contributed to their displacement as well as their deaths, the members of Congress write. Planning for their detention at Guantanamo is not a response to migration it is an attempt to contain the consequences of t"
More than 30 members of Congress urged the secretaries of defense, state, and homeland security to stop using Guantanamo Bay for immigrant detention and to rule out any plans for military action on Cuba. Democratic lawmakers linked increased migration from Cuba to heightened US aggression toward the island. They cited additional sanctions, repeated statements about possible military intervention, and a US fuel blockade ordered earlier in the year that contributed to a humanitarian crisis. The lawmakers warned that any military action could destabilize Cuba further, increase migration, and be unlawful and catastrophic for Cuban civilians. They demanded an end to Guantanamo detention, lifting sanctions contributing to humanitarian harm, and abandoning reported military plans.
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