The US has maintained a migrant detention facility there for decades that is separate from the notorious high-security jail for foreign terror suspects, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Most people don’t even know that we have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people.”

In his first interview since being sworn in as defense secretary, Pete Hegseth sought to clarify how the federal government plans to use Guantánamo Bay to detain migrants being deported from the United States.

President Donald Trump plans to sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation.

President Trump says the the 30,000-person facility for undocumented migrants will house "the worst criminal illegal aliens".

The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape.

Trump said that the U.S. will send "worst criminal illegal aliens" to Guantanamo Bay.

The president said the facility at the U.S. naval base could house as many as 30,000 people

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday (Jan 29) he planned to detain "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantanamo Bay military prison, used for holding terror

Making art served many purposes. Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee and author of “ Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo ,” wrote in his contribution to the book on al-Alwi that initially, “we painted what we missed: the beautiful blue sky, the sea, stars. We painted our fear, hope and dreams.”

United States President Donald Trump ordered the construction of a 30,000-bed facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba to detain migrants.