by Simon Kent at Breitbart
The first U.S. military flight carrying illegal criminal aliens from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay landed in Cuba late Tuesday night, thus initiating President Donald Trump’s plan to expand a migrant detention facility at the base.
As Breitbart News reported, Trump has told his deputies to reopen the facility to house an anticipated 30,000 migrants pending their full deportation.
The announcement to utilize the facility for that purpose was made by the president shortly after signing the Laken Riley Act in late January.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday Guantanamo Bay’s high-security prison facility could house “the worst of the worst” criminals being deported.
Additional U.S. troops have arrived at the facility in the past few days to help prepare, AP reports.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem shared images of some of the detainees as they boarded the maiden flight of the C-17 transport plane before it departed from El Paso.
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