The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Trump administration seeking access to the illegal criminal migrants being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

“By hurrying immigrants off to a remote island cut off from lawyers, family, and the rest of the world, the Trump administration is sending its clearest signal yet that the rule of law means nothing to it. It will now be up to the courts to ensure that immigrants cannot be warehoused on offshore islands,” Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, said in a statement.

Director of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in addition to their official departments were all listed as co-defendants.

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