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The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, gave Fox News Laura Ingraham an exclusive look at Guantanamo Bay, where some illegal migrants are being held as part of the The illegal immigration repression of the Trump administration.
Starting the early trip from the joint base of Andrews, Ingraham shared the most prominent aspects of his trips to the military base of 45 square miles in the southeast of Cuba during “Ingraham’s angle” Wednesday.
The base is better known for stopping terrorism suspects, including those behind the attacks of September 11, 2001. President Donald Trump authorized the arrest of certain illegal immigrants in the facilities shortly after assuming the position on January 20.
In January, Trump said he wanted to expand immigrant detention centers in Guantanamo to maintain up to 30,000 people.
“We are here aboard the plane of the Government of the Department of Defense on the way to the Bay of Guantanamo of the Naval Station, where everyone knows that there are flights of illegal immigrants that arrive regularly. That is the decision of the administration as a road station before they return home,” said Ingraham.
Hegseth arrived In the Bay of Guantanamo, Cuba, on Tuesday, his first trip to the naval installation since he was confirmed in January.
It was expected that Hegseth, who served as Lieutenant of the US Army. In Guantanamo since 2004-05 with the New Jersey National Guard, he would receive informative sessions about all the operations of the mission at the base, including the detention installation where illegal deported migrants from the United States are housed before being flown to their native countries.
Trump’s Secretary of Defense addressed the reports that circulated in the media on alleged abuse and inhuman conditions in Gitmo. He said that the statements, like an article by Washington Post, were “BS” and added: “This idea that people are being mistreated is absolute garbage.”
Hegseth described the living conditions for Migrants held in Gitmo As “austere” and “basic, but all the basic services you might need is provided.”
He added that detainees receive different types of services and care, including “medical controls, dental controls, medical care controls, well -being controls (and) recreational opportunities.”
“This is temporarily about maintaining high profile people and high threats that, then, we send home.”
Ingraham also press foreign terrorist organizations.
“We are not removing anything from the table. Nothing. We will do whatever it is necessary to ensure the American homeland, to maintain our sovereignty and protect the American people.”
The army veteran also said that he “governed anything” when asked about possible strikes within Mexico in Fentanyl laboratories.
“Anything is on the table. The commander in chief, ultimately, with my consultation, with the president and others, will make those determinations, but nothing is out of the table. Our sovereignty will be defended.”
Last week, almost 200 Venezuelan illegal migrants arrested in the United States were flown from Guantanamo Bay after Venezuela expressed interest in accepting its citizens, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Earlier this month, two Venezuelan flights led 190 illegal immigrants from the United States to the South American nation.
The United States government claimed that Venezuelan illegal immigrants transferred to the naval base are members of the violent Aragua train band. Trump has turned the gang into the face of the alleged threat that immigrants who live in the country illegally represent.
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Shortly after Ingraham arrived in Gitmo, he reported that a migrant flight from Fort Bliss landed, transporting nine high -value detainees.
“It is an incredibly professional operation,” Hegseth said, reflecting on his time in Guantanamo Bay during his military service.
“The message is clear: if it violates the law, if it is a criminal, you can find its way in Guantanamo Bay. It will not want to be in the Guantanamo Bay, which is where we stayed at Qaeda after September 11. They are professionals. They do their job. It is not easy. It is not an easy time. It is a maximum security prison.”
Louis Casiano and Peter Pinedo de Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
