Homeland security chief declines to say whether women, children to be held at Guantánamo

Kristi Noem instead says government will use all available facilities under law for detention center expansion plans

The head of the US Department of Homeland Security on Sunday declined to say whether migrant women, children or families would be included in Trump administration expansion plans for the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention center, saying instead the federal government would utilize all available facilities under the law.

Donald Trump last week said he was expanding a detention facility at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold 30,000 people. His White House border czar, Tom Homan, has said he hopes to start moving migrants there within 30 days.

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