Washington, February 26 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has halted efforts to jail immigrants in tent camps at Guantánamo Bay over concerns the makeshift facilities don’t meet basic detention standards. 

Trump officials had planned to build the tent structures to detain an anticipated 30,000 immigrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. 

This comes as Pete Hegseth is travelled to Guantánamo on Tuesday — his first visit to Guantánamo since his confirmation as U.S. defense secretary.  Hegseth was previously based in Guantánamo, where he served as an Army national guard. 

In more immigration news, the Trump administration has directed ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to track down and deport hundreds of thousands of immigrant children who came to the U.S. without their parents.  When children migrate to the U.S. alone, they are usually placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which are both now overseen by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., raising concerns from advocates of further abuse and rights violations.

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]