The Trump administration is planning to use a New Jersey military base to house immigrant detainees in a move that is drawing ire from Democratic Garden State lawmakers.
Portions of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County will be used as “temporary soft-sided holding facilities,” the Department of Defense told Fox News.
Afghan migrants at the facilities of McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in 2021. Getty Images
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that the housing of illegal aliens “will not negatively affect military training, operations readiness, or other military requirements, according to a letter addressed to Democratic Representative Herb Conway.
The decision was blasted by national lawmakers from New Jersey who issued a joint statement excoriating the Trump administration for its alleged loose use of military resources.
“This is an inappropriate use of our national defense system and militarizes a radical immigration policy that has resulted in the inhumane treatment of undocumented immigrants and