A Long History of Migrant Detention at Guantánamo: A Q&A with Jenna Loyd

Its decades-long legacy? A secret detention site for the war on terror, the rounding up of asylum seekers and migrants (including HIV-positive Haitians), trash bag shelters, and maggot-infested food.

U.S. military sets up tent detention camps for undocumented migrants at the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on February 9. (Photo by Petty Officer Jennifer Newsome)

On February 17, U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem released a video meant to warn anyone considering coming to the United States without proper documents: “If you…