President Donald Trump’s use of the Guantanamo Bay naval base to house migrants appears to cost $100,000 per day for each detainee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said during a hearing on Tuesday, decrying what he described as a prime example of wasteful government spending.
Peters, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the high cost, far more than the $165 per day in U.S. immigration detention facilities. Peters also asked why detainees have been sent to the American naval base in Cuba but then shuttled back to the United States at taxpayer expense.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were roughly 70 migrants currently detained there.
I can’t believe I’m doing this but considering a friend was publically named before in a controversy over pricing, I struggle to take this number seriously. People often misinterpret things to the point that they skim a few emails and think it costs $100,000 to set up a board room but actually it’s that amount for several dozen board rooms which ended up being quite reasonable. That’s a true story (with modified numbers).
Honestly fuck the cost anyway, I’d be more concerned about the extra-judicial powers being used here.
I can’t believe you are either. A quarter of that would be way too much.