The terrorist detention facility in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, America's most notorious federal prison, took the central stage early in President Donald Trump's first 100 days, when the administration began sending some of the “worst and worst” illegal aliens.
Guantanamo, also known as “Gitmo,” is a 45-square-mile high-security naval base in Cuba and houses some of America's deadliest enemies, including 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 instructed the Pentagon to prepare 30,000 beds of the base to house “illegal criminal aliens” who pose a threat to Americans, adding that putting them there 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.
After that, after the State Department declared several Mexican cartels with 10 immigrant gangs, including Salvadra's MS-13 and Venezuela's Tren de Lagua, “foreign terrorist organizations,” the administration began sending immigrants via Gitomo, with hundreds passing through the bases.
Among those sent to the base were illegal members of several “high threats” of Tren de Aragua, 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.
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The image shows migrants on military flights to Guantanamo Bay. (Ministry of Homeland Security)
The Department of Defense said immigrant offenders sent to Gitmo were kept in vacant detention facilities and the arrangement was temporary “until they are transported to a country of origin or other appropriate destination.”
Showing the importance of Guantánamo in the eyes of the administration, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth created the first naval facility to visit Gitmo as his 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.
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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 that none of the 195 tents set up in Guantanamo Bay were used to accommodate 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.”
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Immigrants board flights to Guantanamo Bay. (Ministry of Homeland Security)
On March 14, Fox News Digital reported that 40 illegal immigrants in Guantanamo Bay had been sent back to the US for the event to 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.
