President Donald Trump’s decision to use Guantanamo’s naval base to accommodate immigrants there seems to cost $ 100,000 a day for each prisoner, Senator Garry Peters reported today, referring to “”A typical example of unnecessary state waste“

Peters, the head of the Democrats in the Senate Internal Security and Government Affairs Committee, asked Home Security Minister Christie Noem for high costs, multiple $ 165 per day for the detention of irregular migrants in facilities within the US. He also asked to find out why some prisoners were sent to the US Naval Base on the island of Cuba and then moved back to the US, at taxpayers’ costs.

‘We spend $ 100,000 a day to keep someone in Guantanamo. We keep them there for a while, then we return to the US by air. We could keep them here for $ 165 a day. I think it’s outrageous“, He stressed.

The White House has demanded that the budget for the fight against irregular migration has risen sharply as it is trying to implement Trump’s promise for mass deportations. This month, the government has asked Congress another $ 44 billion for the Ministry of Homeland Security for the financial year 2026, which begins on October 1st.

Minister Noem, who appeared before the Commission to defend her request to increase the budget, said she did not know how much of the reservation of immigrants in Guantanamo. Her ministry did not respond to a request for a comment.

An American official, who asked not to be named, said today about 70 immigrants are being held in Guantanamo. The organization to defend human rights American Civil Liberties Union has appealed to the courts in March to prevent the transfer of 10 migrants to the naval base. According to ACLU, immigrants are held in cells without windows for at least 23 hours a day, undergo physical research and cannot communicate with their families. Some attempted to commit suicide.

Senator Rand Paul, the Republican President of the Commission, did not hide his question because the costs of the construction of additional border at the US border with Mexico must be increased, as the number of immigrants attempting to pass illegally. The House of Representatives’ budget plan provides for $ 46.5 billion only for the border wall.

‘I’m not saying that no new money is needed. I think we need more border patrols and we will need more money for this but within reasonable frames“, He stressed.