Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2025

Memorandum on Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity

January 29, 2025

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security

Subject: Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity

I hereby direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to full capacity to provide additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States, and to address attendant immigration enforcement needs identified by the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

This memorandum is issued in order to halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty.

This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

Donald J. Trump


NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Migrant operations center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, expansion to full capacity, memorandum.

Subjects: Guantanamo Bay, U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, detention facility; Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Homeland Security.

DCPD Number: DCPD202500200.