LAKEHURST – Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leadership acknowledged a proposal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use part of the facility as an incident support base.
According to an announcement by the Joint Base (JBMDL), this would be led by DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Therefore, all operational decisions, timelines, and facility management will fall under their authority. At this time, no final decisions have been made.
The statement added that JBMDL is “committed to supporting its federal partners in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and mission requirements.”
As a military installation, JBMDL’s primary mission remains the support of rapid global mobility operations, and increasing the combat readiness and lethality of its servicemembers, they said.
Any immigration operations would be managed by Homeland Security and would operate independently and would not interfere with Department of Defense operations, they said.
JerseyShoreOnline.com reached out to ICE media for further clarification.
