The Trump administration’s first flights carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay are set to depart on Tuesday after the president ordered a large-scale effort to prepare for thousands of prisoners to be sent to the US naval base in Cuba.

White House officials said Tuesday that the government has begun flying migrants intended for deportation to Guantanamo Bay as a temporary stop. Two flights left from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Guantanamo Bay,

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