Overview

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth informed members of Congress from Indiana and New Jersey that Camp Atterbury and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst can host detained migrants without degrading training or operations
• Border czar Tom Homan said the administration aims to expand detention capacity from about 60,000 to 100,000 beds by tapping any facilities that meet federal standards
• Preliminary designs for a rebuilt federal prison on Alcatraz Island carry an estimated $2 billion price tag and would require demolition of existing structures
• Democratic legislators and civil liberties advocates argue that using military sites for immigrant detention sets a dangerous precedent and threatens constitutional rights
• The Department of Homeland Security publicly denounced a federal judge’s order freeing a Mexican transgender detainee in Tacoma, underscoring tensions over judicial oversight of enforcement