Hegseth tours Guantanamo, during the legislator, questioned damage to the military

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, Guantanamo Bay visited, which in his view is the front line of the war against America’s southern border. Hegseth toured in prison facilities, received a briefing about migrant haffing operations and met with service members. (Defense Minister Pete Hegseth/X)

Washington-democratic legislators question the long-term damage that migrants in Guantanamo Bay hold on to the US military resources, while Defense Minister Pete Hegseth on tour and announced the mission, which developed on the naval base in Cuba.

During Hegseth’s visit to Guantanamo on Tuesday, he said the base was the front line against the southern border of America. He toured in prison facilities, received a briefing about migrant imprisonment and met with service members.

“The protection of the United States’ sovereign territory is (the Ministry of Defense), and we quickly implemented the implementation of the commander -in -chief (executive regulation) for border security,” said Hegseth in one item for X.

At the beginning of this month, the Ministry of Defense used around 1,000 soldiers in the Naval Base Guantanamo Bay to capture up to 30,000 migrants.

The plan, ordered by President Donald Trump on January 29, risk long -term damage to the willingness and reputation of the forces, as signed by a letter from Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff from Georgia, Chris Coons from Delaware, Brian Schatz von Hawaii and Chris van Hollen from Maryland. The letter directed to Hegseth was released on Tuesday when he visited Guantanamo.

Keep tents for migrants in the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on February 21, 2025 (US Navy)

“These open mass detection efforts in a US military facility risk this (the Ministry of Defense).

The senators demanded the estimated costs for the support of the Ministry of Defense for the Ministry of Homeland Security and if the department was reimbursed for these costs.

Some of the 1,000 troops used in Guantanamo have the task of setting up tents as migrant -holding locations. Others offer logistics and support troops with food, residential and shower facilities.

Sailors from the destroyer The USS Thomas Hudner also support migrant operations. Previously, the USS St. Louis, a lattoral fighting ship, was attached to the base to set up tents.

The coast guard has brought migrants to Hubs of the Luftwaffe C-17 and C-130 charging aircraft to the expulsion of hubs to transport them from the USA. At least 15 flights to Guantanamo were carried out by the US transport command, which is responsible for providing military flights. The C-17 costs an estimated $ 28,000 per hour of flight compared to $ 8,577 per hour for a civil aircraft, according to the senators Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., And Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, who wrote a similar letter and sent to Hegseth on February 13.

In the letter from senators on Tuesday, estimated costs and timelines were also asked to increase the Guantanamo migrant capacity to 30,000 and the source of financing for these costs. The senators gave Hegseth a deadline on March 7 to answer.

“Our men and women in uniform are throaters, not prison attendants of migrants,” the senators wrote.

From Monday, 17 migrants were recorded in Guantanamo. A flight with an unknown number of migrants landed on Tuesday at 11:35 a.m., on time for Hegseth’s arrival.

“I was able to experience a Grey-Tail arrival of illegal extraterrestrials in the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (The Ministry of Defense) is proud to work with (the Department of Homeland Security) and (immigration and customs authority) to remove those who have violated our territorial sovereignty, ”crept to X.