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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth traveled to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Tuesday to visit the migrant detention center the ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a direct message to drug cartels from Guantanamo Bay on Wednesday evening during an appearance on Fox News, stating that “nothing” is “off the table” when it ...

SECDEF Hegseth visits Naval Station Guantanamo BayNAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – “Guantanamo Bay represents justice,” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly warned Mexican officials last month that the US military was ready to take ...

Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard visited Eagle Pass, Texas, ...

WASHINGTON — Two Democratic senators are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the rising cost of the military’s immigration-related operations at the U.S.-Mexico border ...

Immigration ... Customs Enforcement charter flights, Air Force planes have been used to carry out 26 deportation flights — a rare step. In his first trip as secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... in the U.S. illegally. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Feb. 5 that more than 8,000 people had been arrested in immigration enforcement ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday visited Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to see U.S. migrant detention ... facilities and spoke with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ...