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Attend a lecture examining the evolution of Guantánamo Bay through three distinct phases: its role as a focal point for Haitian immigration in 1991 (Gitmo 1.0), the detention of terror suspects beginning in 2002 (Gitmo 2.0), and its return to immigration issues in 2025. Explore how legal challenges successfully prevented the implementation of Gitmo 3.0 and analyze the current U.S. administration's search for countries to accept deported migrants, including potential arrangements with El Salvador and Rwanda. Learn how legal strategies developed around Guantánamo Bay cases can be applied to other detention and deportation scenarios. Gain insights from human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith's extensive experience working on Guantánamo cases and understand the broader implications of detention policies on immigration and civil liberties. Discover the legal frameworks and advocacy approaches that have proven effective in challenging government detention practices and their potential application to contemporary immigration enforcement policies.
