Flights of illegals to Guantanamo have begun: Trump ‘not messing around’

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News February 4, 2025

The Trump administration has begun flying criminal illegal aliens to a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

U.S. Marines deploying to Guantanamo Bay board a KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Feb. 2. / U.S. Department of Defense

A flight Tuesday from Fort Bliss in Texas to Guantanamo, scheduled to leave in the afternoon, carried roughly a dozen migrants, the Wall Street Journal reported. An additional flight left the U.S. on Monday.

“The first flights from the United States to Guantanamo Bay with illegal migrants are under way,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Tuesday as she listed recent immigration-related actions that President Donald Trump has taken.

“President Trump is not messing around, and he’s no longer going to allow America to be a dumping ground for illegal criminals from nations all over this world,” Leavitt said on Fox Business Network.

The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at Guantanamo to hold up to 30,000 illegal aliens. Under the Biden-Harris regime, the base was equipped to hold 120 migrants. The Biden team used the facility to house a small number of migrants so they could be resettled to third countries.

Roughly 200 Marines were dispatched to Guantanamo in recent days, the Pentagon said. That number is expected to increase to 500 in the coming days. The Marines will help set up the infrastructure, with tents added to increase the site’s capacity.

Trump last week ordered the Pentagon and Homeland Security Department to construct a facility to “contain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.” He made the remarks while signing the Laken Riley Act into law.

“Due process will be followed, and having facilities at Guantanamo Bay will be an asset to us,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday on “Meet the Press.”


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