Legal Action

Migrants detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base filed this class action suit against the Trump-Vance administration to challenge restrictions on detainees’ access to counsel. On January 29, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum titled “Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity,” which instructs the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand capacity at Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants. The plaintiffs argue that detainment at Guantanamo violates migrants’ First Amendment right to communicate with the outside world and their Fifth Amendment right to due process. The plaintiffs request that the court order the federal government to restore detained migrants’ ability to communicate with legal counsel and family.