Guantanamo's Shadowy Past and Cuba's Future: A Dubious Partnership in Detention The letter from over 30 members of Congress to Donald Trump's top officials warning against plans for a "humanitarian crisis" in Cuba is consistent with the US's long history of complicated relations with the island nation.
The US has alternated between periods of aggressive posturing and outright military intervention, including the infamous use of Guantanamo Bay as a secret prison during the Bush era.
The Trump administration's decision to expand detention operations at Guantanamo, using it as a migrant holding facility, echoes this darker past.