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Trump says he'll send 30,000 illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay

2025-01-30

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] President Donald Trump has unveiled plans to house 30,000 illegal migrants at Guantanamo Bay.

That’s seriously hardcore — levelling waaaaay up.

The U.S. military base in Cuba has historically been used to hold terror suspects since 9/11 and current detainees include the accused mastermind of the attack.

Using it for migrants is the latest symbolic move in Trump's unprecedented crackdown on illegal migration that began the moment he entered office last week.

The symbol being that this is how we do things now.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has conducted raids across the country and deportation flights have left the United States daily – with the administration putting out images of the effort.

Trump said the facility with 30,000 beds will be used to keep the 'worst of the worst' migrants under lock and key, and noted how 'tough' it is to escape. It will include suspects from countries he doesn't trust will detain them when they are deported.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem floated the plan earlier on Wednesday, but Trump has now put the idea into motion.

We do things fast and we do them strong. So if you’re on the evil side of the register and you aren’t in the country legally, you might want to get the hell out of Dodge. Pronto.

'Today, I’m also signing an Executive Order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,' Trump said.

And if you’re evil but legal, you might want to leave anyway. Because at some point we’ll have cleaned out the illegals, and will start cleaning out the legal 10% who commit 90% of the crimes. That kind of thing quickly becomes a habit, once the Overton Window moves.

He made the announcement while signing the Laken Riley Act at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump added: 'We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. 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 Guantanamo Bay. This will double our capacity immediately, and tough. That's a tough - that's a tough place to get out of.'

The George W. Bush administration opened the facility in 2002 to detain 'illegal enemy combatants' during the 'War on Terror.' Ultimately, successive administrations have negotiated a series of arrangements to transfer prisoners out of the facility since then, amid public and congressional pressure to close it.

The population has now dwindled to just 15 after the most recent series of transfers.

Among them is 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who agreed to plead guilty after negotiations with military lawyers, avoiding a potential death sentence, and setting off yet another legal saga.

Trump himself ordered his then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to keep Guantanamo open in 2018, reversing an Obama administration order.

Posted by:Skidmark

#5 I heard it described as a place to send the real baddies until home can be convinced to take back these serious liabilities they were happy to get rid of, and to countries which are generally a pain in the ass and won't cooperate.

Or both, like Venezuela.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-30 10:40

#4 Billion-dollar Mexican cartel ops disrupted by Trump's border crackdown as US issues do-not-travel warning

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-30 05:55

#3 TW, as always, your inline comments are perfect and appreciated.

Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2025-01-30 04:48

#2
Why should we the taxpayers foot the bill $$$$ to house them, just send the Gang members back?

Posted by: NN2N1 2025-01-30 04:25

#1 Crammed into Hell: Thousands of MS-13 and 18 Street gang members squeeze onto bunks in El Salvador's mega CECOT prison that boasts inmates 'have lost all rights' as it marks second anniversary

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-29 16:15

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