ACLU sues to block White House from sending 10 immigrants to Guantánamo

Latest federal lawsuit so far applies only to 10 men detained in the US and facing transfer to the naval base in Cuba

Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 undocumented immigrants detained in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, their second legal challenge in less than a month over plans to hold up to 30,000 people there for deportation.

The latest federal lawsuit so far applies only to 10 men facing transfer to the naval base in Cuba, and their attorneys said the administration will not notify them of who would be transferred or when. As with a lawsuit the same attorneys filed earlier this month for access to people already detained there, the latest case was filed in Washington and is backed by the American Civil Liberties Union.