Guantanamo Migrant Experiment Ends Abruptly After Lawmakers Visit

"I just felt like before people started asking me questions, I ought to go see the place," said House Armed Services Committee chairman Mike Rogers (AUDIO)

Tents for detained migrants are seen at the U.S.’s Guantanamo Bay naval station, Cuba, on Feb. 21, 2025. (U.S. Navy via Reuters)

WASHINGTON — All 40 migrants held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been transferred back to the U.S. mainland and are now being held in Louisiana, according to U.S. defense officials. The relocation, completed Tuesday, marks the end of a brief effort to house migrants at the naval base in Cuba, with no further flights scheduled to bring detainees there, officials told Voice of America. This shift follows a congressional delegation’s inspection of the facility on March 8 and comes amid debates over its use for migrant detention.

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As lawmakers debated the continuing resolution budget on Capitol Hill, Migrant Insider was notified by a top Democrat about the bipartisan congressional delegation that quietly visited Guantanamo Bay on March 8. Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-FL), confirmed that he, along with House Armed Services Committee chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), traveled to the facility. Rogers later clarified that the visit was his own initiative, not a Democratic request, stating, "I just felt like before people started asking me questions, I ought to go see the place."