The head of the Pentagon will first arrive at the American naval base in eastern Cuba to supervise operations in the enclave, including the march of the detention center reactivated by Washington to house immigrants with criminal records.
The United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, travels on Tuesday to the Naval Bay of the Guantanamo Bay to supervise operations in the US military enclave to the east of Cuba, including the detention center where Washington said he will send immigrants with immigrants with immigrants with immigrants criminal records.
This will be Hegseth's first visit to The historic Naval Station since assumed the position just a few weeks agothe Pentagon reported Monday. Hegseth published this morning in X a video uploading to the plane that takes him to the Military Station on the Caribbean island.
“The secretary's trip underlines the commitment of the department to guarantee the security and operational efficacy of the Naval Station of the Guantanamo Bay,” he says The statement.
The head of the US Armed Forces “will receive information about all mission operations at the base, including the Migration Operations Center and the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center,” said the Pentagon.
“It will also meet with members of the US military service. Uu. At the base already board of the USS Thomas Hudner ship to thank them for their service and know first hand their experiences in the Bay of Guantanamo.”
According to the Department of Defense, the Naval Base that the US has maintained for about 122 years in a portion of Guantanamo Bay, “it serves as a basis for advanced vital operations for regional stability and maritime security. It also facilitates the temporary detention of foreigners illegal that are waiting to return to their country of origin or other appropriate destination. “
President Donald Trump has made the fight against irregular immigration a cornerstone of his second term, during which he has promised mass deportations of undocumented and people with criminal records. His administration has moved quickly to materialize his vision, including Pete Hegseth, who on his first trip in office reached the southern border with Mexico to evaluate his state.
Just over a week since his return to the White House, Trump signed an executive order to instruct the Department of Defense to reactivate and prepare the detention center for migrants in the Naval Base of Guantanamowith capacity for about 30,0000 people. The president said the site would house “the worst illegal criminal immigrants who threaten the American people.”
In mid -February, the army reported that the Central's capabilities gradually increased and that the Guantanamo base had the capacity to house some 2,500 non -violent immigrants.
The United States transport command told the Voice of America So that until February 14, at least five migrants had reached the enclave in military cargo aircraft, mostly with groups of between 10 and 15 detainees.
The Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, who He visited the prison Earl this month to Supervising one of the flights has repeatedly described men as “vicious murderers and gangs” of Venezuela and as “the worst of the worst.”
Immigrant defense groups reject the strategy of the US government and have imposed demands to avoid flights, which Washington has dismissed.
On February 21, the 77 Venezuelan migrants who were detained in the Naval Base of Guantanamo, were transferred to Honduras, where they were delivered to government officials of Nicolás Maduro to His return to Venezuela.