Hegseth “Feels Great” About Plan For Gitmo Camps

Via press release from the Pentagon:

During a media interview today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth affirmed the Defense Department’s commitment to working with other federal agencies to bolster security at the southern border. “You saw on Day 1 from [President Donald J. Trump’s] executive orders, the military’s … commitment to protecting the territorial sovereignty of the southern border, which is a shift,” Hegseth said.

“President Trump has been very clear with [migrant countries of origin] that if [they] aren’t willing to take [their] criminals back … then we will hold you accountable,” Hegseth said. Noting that he served as an officer at Guantanamo Bay while on an active-duty National Guard deployment from 2004 to 2005, Hegseth said Guantanamo Bay is the “perfect place” to safely detain the migrants.

Read the full press release. Last night Hegseth told Fox host Jesse Watters that he “feels great” about the Gitmo camps.



Pete Hegseth says Gitmo is a place where migrants can be “safety maintained” until they are deported to their “final location”

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM