President Donald Trump is taking decisive action to tackle illegal immigration and the crime wave that has come with it. In a bold move, Trump is set to sign an executive order directing the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to expand the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, preparing it to hold up to 30,000 criminal illegal aliens.
Announcing the order at a signing event for the Laken Riley Act, Trump made clear that his administration is done with the days of catch-and-release. “Some of them are so bad we don’t even trust the countries to hold them,” Trump said of the criminal aliens ICE has been rounding up. “We don’t want them coming back, so we’re going to send them out to Guantanamo. This is going to double our capacity immediately.”
Reminder for the Fake News, Bill Clinton used Guantanamo Bay to house migrants. https://t.co/V79OSF2QzK
— Alex Pfeiffer (@Pfeiffer47) January 29, 2025
Guantanamo Bay, long associated with the detention of terror suspects, will now serve as the holding facility for some of the worst criminal illegal aliens in the country. This aligns with Trump’s earlier move to designate cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations—a classification that allows for tougher enforcement, harsher penalties, and more aggressive dismantling of these violent networks.
According to the executive order:
“I hereby direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States, and to address attendant immigration enforcement needs identified by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.”
Did You Know:
In 1994, Guantanamo Bay held 200,000 migrants in the Cuban rafter crisis – mostly from Cuba and Haiti
The President at the time?
William Jefferson Clinton
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 29, 2025
The order is part of a broader strategy to “halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty.”
This announcement came during Trump’s signing of the Laken Riley Act, named after the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was brutally murdered by an illegal alien from Venezuela while out for a morning jog. The new law requires the detention of illegal aliens charged with theft or violent crimes, closing the loopholes that previously allowed criminals to walk free. The bill passed with bipartisan support, a testament to the growing national consensus that action is needed to stop the crime epidemic caused by lax border policies.
“She’s going to save a lot of lives, she’s going to be responsible for saving a lot of lives,” Trump told Riley’s grieving parents. He didn’t hold back in condemning the previous administration for allowing “the world’s most dangerous criminals straight into” American communities.
From drug traffickers in Baltimore to cartel members in Houston, ICE is deporting criminals illegal aliens across the country.@MaryMargOlohan and I reported for @realDailyWire on some of the worst offenders captured this Sunday. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/jDlZOJmx3C
— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) January 29, 2025
