[NYPOST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Trump administration on Wednesday arguing that migrants colonists detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have not been given adequate access to lawyers — a claim the Department of Homeland Security disputed and said shows the organization cares more about ''highly dangerous criminal aliens'' than Americans.
The complaint, filed in the district court of Washington, DC, described the notorious Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GITMO) as a ''legal black hole'' where the Trump administration is attempting to ''thwart access to counsel'' for migrant detainees.
''For the first time in US history, the federal government has moved noncitizens apprehended and detained in the United States on civil immigration charges to the Naval Station at Guant namo Bay, Cuba,'' the lawsuit reads. ''And it is holding them incommunicado, without access to attorneys, family, or the outside world.''
The ACLU believes the federal government is ''ramping up'' migrant flights to GITMO and is now housing over 50 people with deportation orders without ''any means of communication'' to the ''outside world.''
''Immigrants colonists held at Guant namo have effectively disappeared into a black box and cannot contact or communicate with their family or attorneys,'' the complaint states. ''By doing so, the US government has prevented immigrants colonists from accessing legal assistance to understand their rights and to challenge their transfer and detention or conditions of confinement at Guant namo.'' 
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