America’s most notorious federal prison, a terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, took the central stage for a short time in its early days. President Donald Trump’s first 100 days When the administration began sending some of the illegal aliens out there, “worst and worst” criminals.
Guantanamo, also known as “Gitmo”, is highly secure at 45 square miles. Naval bases in Cuba It also houses some of America’s deadliest enemies, including the al-Qaeda terrorists responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In one of his first moves in his second term, Trump approved the detention of illegal immigrants at the facility shortly after taking office on January 20th.
Trump directed the pentagon Prepare 30,000 beds He added that putting them there at the base to house “illegal criminal aliens” who pose a threat to American citizens would ensure they won’t come back.
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Guantanamo Bay, America’s most notorious prison, took the central stage for a short time during the first 100 days when the administration began sending some of the “worst and worst” criminal illegals to prisons. (US Army Photography Staff Sgt. ShatyraCox)
At the time, Trump explained the decision, saying that some criminal immigrants “we don’t want them back because we don’t even trust them to hold them, so we’re going to send them out to Guantanamo.”
The president said the move would bring America a step closer to the “eramination of the tragedy” of immigration crime in communities.
Then immediately State Department They declared 10 immigrant gangs, including Salvador’s MS-13 and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, as well as several Mexican cartels.
Some of the people sent to the base were illegal members of several “high threats” Tren de Araguais an international terrorist and criminal group associated with Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro. Tren de Aragua, also known as the “TDA,” has a presence in most major cities and is linked to the famous murder of Georgia nursing student Raiken Riley and the seizures throughout the apartment in Aurora, Colorado.
The image shows migrants on military flights to Guantanamo Bay. (Ministry of Homeland Security)
Ministry of Defense The immigrant offenders sent to Gitmo were kept in vacant detention facilities and the arrangement was temporary “until they are transported to their country of origin or other appropriate destination.”
Showing the importance of Guantanamo in the eyes of the government, Defense Secretary Pete Hegses We have set up the first navy to visit Gitmo as our secretary. In a social media post, Hegseth called Gitomo “the frontline of the war against American tropical borders.”
Speaking of Gitmo’s Manning squad, Hegseth said, “These warriors directly support the arrest and deportation of dangerous illegal aliens.”
However, the administration soon began to bump into the snuggles, making it difficult to increase the ability of the naval base to accommodate the 30,000 beds that Trump had hoped for.
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon, led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegses, to help establish immigration facilities in Guantanamo Bay. (US Army Photography Staff Sgt. ShatyraCox)
In early March, Fox News Digital reported it There are no 195 tents It was set up in Guantanamo Bay and was used to house migrants. According to two U.S. defense officials familiar with the issue, this was because the tents didn’t meet ice standards.
Officials said the US military was told to set up tents without clear guidance on the standards for holding immigrants, and the military had not received specific guidelines on what the tents need to be certified to hold immigrants. Operations to build more tents stopped in February, just a few weeks after it began.
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Nevertheless, a congressional delegation of Republicans led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers visited Gitomo around the same time these difficulties had surfaced.
After the visit, R-Ariz MP Abe Hamadeh told Fox News Digital: “It is clear that Guantánamo Bay is up and equipped to carry out these deportations.”
Immigrants board flights to Guantanamo Bay. (Ministry of Homeland Security)
On March 14, Fox News Digital reported that there were 40 illegal immigrants being held at Guantánamo Bay. It was sent back to the US It will be held in Louisiana. Of those returning to US soil, 23 were “illegal aliens of threat.”
It is unclear whether the US will retain immigrants again in Guantanamo. Representatives from the White House and DHS did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment before the release deadline.
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Meanwhile, the US has partnered with Salvador’s government president, President Naive Buquere, to launch illegal gang members to El Salvador’s “Terrorist Confinement Centre” (CECOT). The US sent hundreds of Salvador and Venezuelan immigrants to CECOT.
Cameron Arcand, Michael Dorgan, Liz Friden, Jennifer Griffin and Louis Casiano of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
