The Trump administration plans to use Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey to detain undocumented immigrants, a move that critics argue represents a troubling expansion of military involvement in immigration enforcement.
In a letter dated July 15, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth informed Rep. Herb Conaway (D-NJ) that the joint base, along with Camp Atterbury in Indiana, would be used "for temporary use by the Department of Homeland Security to house illegal aliens."
