Reference News website reported on May 21st according to a report on the UK Independent website on May 21st, an American senator said that the cost of detaining migrants at the Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was as high as $100,000 per person per day, describing this arrangement as "outrageous".
The report said that this shocking number may mean that the cost for the Trump administration to use the Guantanamo prison is nearly hundreds of times higher than detaining migrants in American immigration facilities, which only costs $165.
This statement was made by Senator Gary Peters during the hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the 20th.
Peters condemned the government's use of the Guantanamo prison as a typical example of wasteful spending, emphasizing that the irrational practice of shuttling prisoners back and forth by the Trump administration also wasted taxpayers' money in the United States.
Peters complained: "We spend $100,000 a day to keep people in Guantanamo. We keep them there for a while, then transport them back to the U.S. by plane, and it only costs us $165 a day to keep them here. I think this is somewhat outrageous."
Earlier this month, the Trump administration requested Congress to increase the Department of Homeland Security budget for the fiscal year 2026 (starting October 1st this year) by nearly $44 billion.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen, who appeared at the hearing on the 20th to defend the budget request, said she did not know the daily detention costs at Guantanamo Bay.
A U.S. official who wished to remain anonymous said that about 70 immigrants are currently being held at the notorious Guantanamo prison. (Compiled/Lu Di)
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