This December 10, 2016 photo shows the exterior of Camp 6 at the detention center at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval base, in Cuba.
Mandatory Credit:	Ben Fox/AP/File via CNN Newsource

This December 10, 2016 photo shows the exterior of Camp 6 at the detention center at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval base, in Cuba.
Mandatory Credit: Ben Fox/AP/File via CNN Newsource

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Migrant flight heads to Guantanamo Bay as legal questions swirl around Trump plans

As tents went up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold migrants, attorneys at the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon were still trying to determine whether it was legal to take the unprecedented step of flying migrants from the US southern border to the facility, according to two US officials and a person familiar with the planning.