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The judge said that's costing $100,000 a day per detainee, whereas it would cost about $165 a day per detainee to hold them in the U.S.
The judge also said the administration is not legally permitted to use offshore military bases to hold detainees designated for deportation.
The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which now plans to ask the court to shut down the migrant detention center at Guantanamo.
The Trump administration began sending migrants there in February, and about 700 have been sent so far, usually for a few days or weeks at a time.
The judge said that's costing $100,000 a day per detainee, whereas it would cost about $165 a day per detainee to hold them in the U.S.
The judge also said the administration is not legally permitted to use offshore military bases to hold detainees designated for deportation.
The Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
These are massive, primitive tent camps in northeast Syria. They hold about 35,000 people at this point from more than 60 countries. It's mainly the wives and widows of ISIS militants and their kids. They're officially called displacement camps, but they essentially function as detention centers, barbed wire, Little health care or schooling, high rates of violence.
These are massive, primitive tent camps in northeast Syria. They hold about 35,000 people at this point from more than 60 countries. It's mainly the wives and widows of ISIS militants and their kids. They're officially called displacement camps, but they essentially function as detention centers, barbed wire, Little health care or schooling, high rates of violence.
These are massive, primitive tent camps in northeast Syria. They hold about 35,000 people at this point from more than 60 countries. It's mainly the wives and widows of ISIS militants and their kids. They're officially called displacement camps, but they essentially function as detention centers, barbed wire, Little health care or schooling, high rates of violence.
And some of the women there are still loyal to ISIS, so the camps are not considered safe places. So if that's the case, what's the motivation to let people out? The camps are considered a humanitarian catastrophe. So some countries feel an obligation to end that situation by taking back their citizens.
And some of the women there are still loyal to ISIS, so the camps are not considered safe places. So if that's the case, what's the motivation to let people out? The camps are considered a humanitarian catastrophe. So some countries feel an obligation to end that situation by taking back their citizens.
And some of the women there are still loyal to ISIS, so the camps are not considered safe places. So if that's the case, what's the motivation to let people out? The camps are considered a humanitarian catastrophe. So some countries feel an obligation to end that situation by taking back their citizens.
And Michelle, there's also a concern that if people remain there, especially kids, they could become a new generation of terrorists. One person I spoke with who worries about that kind of radicalization is a former U.S. ambassador named Peter Galbraith. He has helped get many kids out of those camps, and here he is.
And Michelle, there's also a concern that if people remain there, especially kids, they could become a new generation of terrorists. One person I spoke with who worries about that kind of radicalization is a former U.S. ambassador named Peter Galbraith. He has helped get many kids out of those camps, and here he is.
And Michelle, there's also a concern that if people remain there, especially kids, they could become a new generation of terrorists. One person I spoke with who worries about that kind of radicalization is a former U.S. ambassador named Peter Galbraith. He has helped get many kids out of those camps, and here he is.
And Michelle, the current Trump State Department calls it a high priority, its words, to try to shrink these camps. I will note that some European countries have resisted taking back ISIS family members, even kids, because they worry they're a safety risk. But the U.S. says the greater risk is leaving them there and that these children are innocent victims of mistakes made by their parents.