Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States will “humanely move” criminal migrants out of the country and work with other agencies to secure the southern border in his first interview since he was confirmed last week by the U.S. Senate.
Hegseth, a former “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host, addressed President Donald Trump’s memorandum to the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Defense (DOD), calling on them to prepare a 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. Naval base in Cuba.
🇺🇸 DEFENSE SEC: GUANTANAMO BAY COULD HOUSE CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth:
“We want somewhere to hold them safely in the interim—criminal illegals. Guantanamo Bay is a perfect place.
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He told Fox News host Will Cain Wednesday that Guantanamo Bay is a “perfect place” to hold criminal migrants “safely in the interim” as the process to repatriate them to their homelands plays out.
