Recently confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth starts work at the Pentagon on Monday and already he is facing several challenges both at home and abroad.

Whatever is needed at the border will be provided,” Pete Hegseth, the new defense secretary, told reporters on Monday.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Guantánamo Bay is the “perfect spot” to house deported migrants, after President Trump signed a memo Wednesday ordering a facility there be prepared for that purpose.

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Guantanamo could be used to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are in transit waiting to be transported to their home countries.

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Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Defense Department will support "mass deportations in support of the president's objective."

President Trump says he plans to use a migrant holding facility at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house up to 30,000 migrants deported from the United States.

The president says up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the United States could be housed at the facility in Cuba, but it wasn't immediately clear how the plan would be implemented.

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Defense to ready facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 30,000 migrants.