The first flight of migrants to Guantanamo Bay took off Tuesday, marking the beginning of a controversial policy announced by former President Trump. The site will hold approximately 30,000 migrants deemed 'criminal illegal aliens' by the administration.
The first flight of migrants to Guantanamo Bay took off Tuesday, and Fox News Digital obtained some of the first images of migrants boarding a military plane for a detention center. Trump announced last week he would instruct the Pentagon to prepare the site to hold around 30,000 'criminal illegal aliens' at the military base.
It's part of a broader effort by the administration to launch a 'historic' deportation operation. Trump announced Saturday that Venezuela had agreed to take back its nationals who are in the U.S. illegally, days after a diplomatic spat with Colombia that resulted in that nation also agreeing to take back flights of illegal immigrants.
Trump on his first day in office deployed the military to the border and declared a national emergency, while also enacting measures to prevent migrants from being able to claim asylum in the U.S. DHS has since taken a number of measures to free up ICE agents to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, and officers are frequently arresting over 1,000 a day. Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.
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