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Pete Hegseth: “Guantanamo Bay is a perfect transit point to temporarily…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Hegseth 'Worst of the worst' will go to Guantanamo Bay

Published | Video Starts at 12:05

And we will use them to serve the interest of the American people who've been suffering under an open border and an invasion under Joe Biden. And we've said enough is enough. They're going home. So Guantanamo Bay is a perfect transit point to temporarily house the worst of the worst until we move them back to their home countries. Who, who, as President Trump has made it very clear, better be prepared to take them robustly and soon. Right, because they sent them here, sent criminals, opened their jails, it affected our people. (12:05–12:13)

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Asserts that Guantanamo Bay will be used to temporarily house deported criminals.

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