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Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to house immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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The New Republic on MSNPete Hegseth Announces Dangerous Expansion of ICE’s PowersDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth is now allowing ICE to use U.S. military bases to detain undocumented immigrants as part of Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation efforts.
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WISH-TV on MSNHegseth: Camp Atterbury to be used for immigrant detentionIndiana's Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth outlined the plan in a July 15 letter to Congressional members,
Justin Fulcher, a senior staffer at the Pentagon and advisor to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has left the Defense Department (DOD), an agency spokesperson confirmed to NewsNation. Fulcher’s
Camp Atterbury could be selected as one of two military sites to be used to house detained illegal immigrants, a letter from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says.
A Walmart in Richmond, Indiana, was just cleared to reopen at 11:50 a.m. after a false bomb/shooting threat on Saturday morning. The store was evacuated out of an abundance of caution and the Richmond Police Department secured the area.
Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be temporarily used to detain immigrants lacking permanent legal status, according to a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 26, 2025. (Andrew Harnik / ) Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary,