Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently revealed that a second flight of what she described as “dangerous criminal aliens” was headed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ahead of her visit to the detention center. The Trump administration recently expanded illegal immigrant operations at the Naval Station to assist with its deportation agenda.
According to reports, up to 30,000 migrants could be held at the naval station. “A second flight of dangerous criminal aliens took off for Guantanamo Bay yesterday. ALL are known gang members from Venezuela,” Noem wrote on social media. The administration has focused primarily on detaining illegal aliens with criminal records who pose a public safety threat.
Noem claimed that one of the individuals on the flight had allegedly confessed to committing homicide. Another was reportedly wanted by authorities in Venezuela for escaping jail and for aggravated robbery with a weapon with intent to commit homicide. Other alleged crimes of those being shipped to Gitmo include weapons trafficking, robbery, drug distribution, assault, and impersonation fraud.
The White House recently released a statement on the expansion of migrant operations at Guantanamo Bay, utilizing its “full capacity.” The memorandum for the secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security began, “I hereby direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States, and to address attendant immigration enforcement needs identified by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.”
It continued, “This memorandum is issued in order to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.”
Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security noted that all 10 of the illegal immigrants on the first flight to Guantanamo Bay were part of the criminal gang Tren de Aragua, which was recently designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. “Their campaigns of violence and terror in the United States and internationally are extraordinarily violent, vicious and similarly threaten the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere,” the executive order from President Trump read.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explained that it could take some time to finalize agreement to return to illegal aliens to their nations of origin. Therefore, having a temporary space to detain these individuals would be beneficial. “We want somewhere else to hold them safely in the interim — criminal illegals — Guantanamo Bay … is a perfect place,” Hegseth said.
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“It’s folks who may be in transit to their home country or a safe, third harbor country, and it’s taking a little time to move with that processing and with the paperwork,” Hegseth added. “Better they be held at a safe location like Guantanamo Bay.” He added, “We’re ramping up for the possibility to expand mass deportations because President [Donald J.] Trump is dead serious about getting illegal criminals out of our country. And the DOD is not only willing to [but] is proud to partner with DHS to defend the sovereignty of our southern border and advance that mission.”
Watch Vance tell criminal illegal immigrants to “pack your bags”:
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