{"id":2397477,"date":"2025-01-31T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-calls-guantanamo-bay-the-perfect-place-to-house-criminal-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:41:40","slug":"hegseth-calls-guantanamo-bay-the-perfect-place-to-house-criminal-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-calls-guantanamo-bay-the-perfect-place-to-house-criminal-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth calls Guantanamo Bay the \u2018perfect place\u2019 to house criminal illegal immigrants &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhegseth-calls-guantanamo-bay-the-perfect-place-to-house-criminal-illegal-immigrants-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397477&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>pete Hegseth,\u2062 the\u200c Defense\u200c Secretary, has proposed that Guantanamo Bay is an ideal location to detain illegal immigrants who cannot be\u2063 immediately\u2064 repatriated to their \u200bhome countries.\u200b He expressed this view during\u2064 an \u200cinterview on Fox News,referencing his \u2064experience\u200d guarding detainees\u200b at Guantanamo. Hegseth \u2063argued that it would be a smart move\u200b to utilize the facilities at Guantanamo for this purpose, especially for the detention of criminal immigrants and potential hardened criminals. \u200dPresident Trump \u2062has also been in favor of\u2062 this strategy, announcing plans to set up\u200b a \u200c30,000-bed detention facility at Guantanamo as part of a broader initiative \u2062to manage illegal immigration. The proposal emphasizes the need to \u200csecure American borders\u200b and eliminate risks associated with dealing\u200d with \u2064undocumented immigrants. Hegseth believes \u200bthat using Guantanamo Bay could effectively address the challenges posed by illegal \u2063immigration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-nypd-officers-shot-suspect-is-illegal-immigrant-teen-whos-been-living-in-marriot-hotel-on-taxpayers-dime-report\/\" title=\"Two New York City Police Officers Shot by Illegal Immigrant Teen Staying at Taxpayer-Funded Marriott Hotel: Report\">related criminal \u2064activities<\/a> in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hegseth calls Guantanamo Bay the &lsquo;perfect place&rsquo; to house <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-top-immigration-adviser-biden-agenda-would-fundamentally-erase-very-essence-of-americas-nationhood\/\" title=\"Ex-Top Immigration Adviser: Biden Agenda \u2018Would Fundamentally Erase Very Essence Of America\u2019s Nationhood\u2019\">criminal illegal immigrants<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1965333\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/defense-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Defense<\/a> Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3304735\/trump-guantanamo-bay-detain-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Guantanamo Bay<\/a> is the &ldquo;perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guantanamo-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">place<\/a>&rdquo; to house criminal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"\">illegal immigrants<\/a> whose countries do not immediately take them back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a smart move. It&rsquo;s the perfect place,&rdquo; Hegseth, who spent a year at Guantanamo Bay with the Army guarding detainees, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Fox News&rsquo;s <\/a><em>Fox and Friends<\/em> on Friday. &ldquo;As we identify criminal illegals in our country, the military is leaning forward to help with moving them out to their home countries or someone else in the interim.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If illegal immigrants cannot go to a different country immediately, they can go to Guantanamo Bay, according to Hegseth.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2782244&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b172ba778cf9e48615ff4852b2a60a95\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Going back to the &rsquo;90s, there were tens of thousands of Haitians and Cuban migrants who were housed there because it was a transit point in the Caribbean, and I knew of those places when I was there, and those we&rsquo;re gonna stand up fairly quickly,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You can get thousands of individuals in tents, secured, in places at Guantanamo Bay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s also the eventuality that we could have hardened criminals, hardened gang members with violent criminal pasts in transit,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;If that is the case, we&rsquo;re preparing options for the actual detention facilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced the plan to begin preparing a 30,000-bed detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for illegal immigrants during Wednesday&rsquo;s signing of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3278865\/house-passes-laken-riley-act-first-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laken Riley Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, I&rsquo;m also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay. Most people don&rsquo;t even know about it,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">worst criminal illegal aliens threatening<\/a> the American people,&rdquo; the president added. &ldquo;Some of them are so bad, we don&rsquo;t even trust [their home] countries to hold them because we don&rsquo;t want them coming back. So, we&rsquo;re going to send them out to Guantanamo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Guantanamo Bay&rsquo;s facilities are practically supermax prisons that will temporarily house the criminal illegal immigrants, according to Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to put our personnel, any Americans, at risk in transit,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So, if you have those existing facilities, let&rsquo;s use them, and we will use them to serve the interest of the American people who&rsquo;ve been suffering under an open border and an invasion under Joe Biden.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve said, &lsquo;Enough is enough. They&rsquo;re going home.&rsquo; So, Guantanamo Bay is a perfect transit point to temporarily house the worst of the worst until we move them back to their home countries, who, as President Trump has made it very clear, better be prepared to take them robustly and soon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1965333\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1965333\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth: Guantanamo Bay is ideal for housing criminal immigrants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2397478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-photo.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49581,47674,45173,36382,32076],"class_list":["post-2397477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criminal-immigrants","tag-guantanamo-bay","tag-hegseth","tag-immigration-policy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-photo.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397481,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397477\/revisions\/2397481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}