Democrats Fume After Secretary Hegseth Says Military Bases in New Jersey and Indiana will Temporarily House Illegal Aliens

by David Greyson Jul. 19, 2025 7:40 pm

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that military bases would be used to temporarily house illegal aliens.

The Department of Defense shared with Fox News that a section of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which is in New Jersey, will be one of the bases, along with Camp Atterbury, which is in Indiana.

New Jersey Democrats, not surprisingly, were upset with the Defense Department’s decision to house illegals on local military bases. They claimed it would affect military preparedness, which is a little difficult to believe considering the Democrat party’s respect for the institution in the previous four years under crooked Joe Biden.

The Democrats had no problem using the same bases in 2021 to house refugees from Afghanistan after the disastrous withdrawal which cost lives and weakened the US on the world stage.

Fox News Reported:

Military bases in both New Jersey and Indiana will soon be used by Homeland Security to house illegal immigrants, drawing a furious response from Democratic lawmakers.

Parts of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana will be repurposed and used as “temporary soft-sided holding facilities,” the Defense Department told Fox News Digital, citing a decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

New Jersey Democrats blasted the decision, warning it would harm military readiness and urging Republicans to join them in helping reverse it. Both bases were previously used to house thousands of Afghan refugees following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

“It is unclear when either site will open and a decision will depend on operational requirements and coordination with Homeland Security, the Defense Department said,” Fox News reported.

Homeland security is housing numerous illegal aliens in detention centers that are waiting to be deported from the United States.

According to NJ Spotlight News, the Defense Secretary’s letter to New Jersey Rep Herb Conaway said that military operations will not be affected by the decision to house illegals on base.

Under the Biden Regime an estimated 20 million illegals invaded the United States because of Joe Biden’s dangerous open border policies.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/democrats-fume-after-secretary-hegseth-says-military-bases/