Troops arrive at Guantanamo Bay to prepare migrant detention center
Marines and soldiers will prepare a detention center at Guantanamo to hold up to 30,000 migrants.
By Riley Ceder
Latest ""
‘I have to help,’ says sailor who rescued migrants at sea
The Navy rescue swimmer immediately started running toward the shore in what would become the most dramatic rescue mission of his 17-year career.
US military picks up distress signal, helps coordinate rescue of 131 migrants in the Mediterranean
A vessel carrying 131 migrants was deflating off the coast of Libya on July 21 when a U.S. unit conducting surveillance received their distress call.
By Harm Venhuizen
Plan halted to house migrant kids at Oklahoma’s Fort Sill
The Trump administration no longer needs to detain migrant children at an Oklahoma Army base and preparations to house them there have stopped, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement.
Pentagon to put up shelter for at least 7,500 migrants
The Pentagon says it will build temporary shelter at the U.S.-Mexican border for at least 7,500 adult migrants who have been turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Pentagon seeks military base to house 5,000 unaccompanied children who cross US-Mexico border
The Defense Department is reviewing a number of military bases to find a location that can house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children as the U.S. braces for a surge of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this spring.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press