Senate Democrats Upset Over Cost To House Illegals At Gitmo

You know what would be a lot less expensive? If Democrats would simply allow DHS to deport illegals back to their own countries without all the caterwauling

Senate Fact Finders Decry Costs of Migrant Detention at Guantánamo

In August, a team of Senate staff members inspected the Trump administration’s migrant detention operations at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They found 445 government employees assigned to the site, mostly U.S. military members on temporary deployment, and zero migrants.

The findings were released Friday, in the latest report to criticize the cost of the operation. Early in his second administration, President Trump ordered the Homeland Security and Defense Departments to get ready to hold tens of thousands of migrants designated for deportation at Guantánamo. About 850 migrants have been held there since February 2025.

So, wait, were there illegals there or not? Also, there are going to be military members at Gitmo regardless

“This comes at a significant cost to taxpayers and undermines military readiness,” according to the report, released by Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.

How so? Military members are going to be at Gitmo regardless. And not every member is a frontline fighter

The study also found the Guantánamo operation has cost more than $100 million, which means the government has spent $118,000 to house each detainee there.

How much is the US government, the state governments, and local governments spending on housing illegals, feeding them, clothing them, etc, money which could be used for Americans?

Government officials described the Guantánamo operation as a way station for detainees being deported. The report said the average length of stay for the 850 men was 20 to 30 days. Some were held for months.

Let us skip the detention methods and just boot the illegals out. If they do not want to go to their home nation let them pick a country and put them on a plane and sayonora.

Only Democratic staff members took part in compiling the report. It follows a critical study by the Government Accountability Office of wasteful overall spending practices by the Trump administration’s detention and deportation operations. It included the $2.85 million it spent on tent housing for 5,000 detainees that was dismantled and never occupied. The tents, it turned out, did not meet federal detention standards.

Surprise! Democrat hit piece fed to the NY Times.