US EditionIndiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants
INDIANA AND NEW JERSEY, JUL 19 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed temporary use of military bases to ease overcrowding in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities amid a goal to increase detainee capacity to 100,000 beds.
- Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be converted to house detained immigrants, as confirmed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in a letter to Congress.
- Democratic lawmakers oppose the plans, criticizing them as inappropriate military use that harms immigrant rights and military preparedness.
- The timeline for opening the facilities has not been determined, with plans considered temporary, according to the Department of Defense.
- Federal officials cite overcrowding in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities as the need for the additional housing for detained immigrants.
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Indiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used to house detained migrants
Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Washington.- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth states that U.S. military bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness, a step towards the possible detention of thousands of people on U.S. soil bases. Hegseth notified members of Congress in both states this week of the proposal to temporarily imprison detained immigrants in Camp Atterbury, Indiana, and at McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Joint Base,…
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Hegseth tells lawmakers of plan to detain immigrants at 2 US bases
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness — a step toward potentially detaining thousands of people on bases on U.S. soil.Hegseth notified members of Congress from both states this week of the proposal to temporarily house detained immigrants at Camp Atterbury in Indiana and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey.President Donald Trump has moved …
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