A man accused of attacking a Louisiana college student with a hammer is the reason President Donald Trump has transferred some illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday. 

Juan Monroy, 32, is charged with attempted second-degree murder after allegedly attacking a Nicholls State University student on Friday near St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Thibodaux, 60 miles west of New Orleans. 

The attack was unprovoked and appeared to be random, authorities said.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, along with other federal law enforcement agencies, attend a pre-enforcement meeting in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.  (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Monroy was booked into the Lafourche Parish Correctional Complex where he is being held on $500,000 bail. 

In addition, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also put an additional hold on his release, the sheriff’s office told Fox News Digital. 

“This is yet another senseless act of violence committed by someone who should not be in our country,” Landry said in response to the arrest. “Monsters like this are the reason why the federal government is opening up Guantanamo Bay. We stand with our victims.”

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to the media during a press conference on January 1, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Getty Images)

Authorities have not said if Monroy was in the United States illegally. 

Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE and the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office.