{"id":1058,"date":"2026-05-13T15:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:40:04","slug":"trump-urged-to-rule-out-unlawful-cuba-takeover-and-stop-using-guantanamo-bay-for-migrant-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=1058","title":{"rendered":"Trump urged to rule out \u2018unlawful\u2019 Cuba takeover and stop using Guant\u00e1namo Bay for migrant detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: In letter seen by the Guardian, 30 members of Congress warn US president\u2019s Cuba military operation would worsen \u2018mass suffering\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/may\/13\/donald-trump-china-xi-jinping-beijing-iran-war-us-politics-latest-news-updates\">US politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than 30 members of Congress have urged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s top officials to end the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/guantanamo-bay\">Guant\u00e1namo Bay<\/a> naval base for immigrant detention and rule out any plans for military action on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/cuba\">Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter to the secretaries of defense, state and homeland security on Wednesday morning, reviewed by the Guardian, Democratic lawmakers led by Delia Ramirez, a representative from Illinois, linked a rise in migration from the island nation to the heightening US aggression on Cuba.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/13\/trump-cuba-takeover-guantanamo-bay-migrants\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: In letter seen by the Guardian, 30 members of Congress warn US president\u2019s Cuba military operation would worsen \u2018mass suffering\u2019 US politics live \u2013 latest updates More than 30 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=1058\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}