Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will travel Tuesday to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), Cuba, marking his first visit to the base
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month to have the departments of Defense and Homeland Security expand Guantanamo Bay to hold thousands of illegal immigrants coming from the U.S. He want to hold as many as 30,000 at the site. However, the operation appears to be having some stop and starts.
Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the rising cost of the military’s immigration-related operations at the U.S.-Mexico border and Guantanamo Bay and their impact on troop readiness.
The president on Sunday named Dan Bongino, a podcaster and former Fox News host, as deputy FBI director to serve under newly confirmed Director Kash Patel. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Guantanamo on Tuesday, where he’ll visit the detention facility and the migrant operations center.