Trump orders Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to prepare for 30,000 at Guantánamo Bay
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Jan. 29, 2025 9:30 p.m.
Trump orders Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to prepare for 30,000 at Guantánamo Bay
“We have 30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,” Trump said, according to The Hill.
The comment was made when he was at an event during which he was preparing to sign the Laken Riley Act into law, a move to strengthen the nation’s immigration laws.
“Some of them are so bad we don’t even trust the countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back, so we’re going to send them out to Guantánamo. This will double our capacity immediately. And tough, it’s a tough place to get out of,” Trump added.