President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he plans to send 30,000 criminal illegal aliens to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to ensure they don't return.

MIAMI - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration plans to send thousands of undocumented immigrants to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a move that has drawn sharp reactions from South Florida officials and immigration advocates.

Trump provided few details but said it would house "the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people." He announced the move during a bill-singing ceremony at the White House for the Laken Riley Act,

The president says up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the United States could be housed at the facility in Cuba, but it wasn't immediately clear how the plan would be implemented.

The latest piece of the mass deportation puzzle includes sending as many as 30,000 criminal migrants to the navy base at Guantanamo Bay.

By Patsy Widakuswara and Aline Barros WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would sign an executive action directing his administration to prepare to detain undocumented migrants at Guantanamo Bay,

Defense officials are trying to figure out how to hold thousands of people on an aging military base with minimal staff.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday joined Fox News to announce United States military prison Guantanamo Bay would soon be prepared to house illegal migrants who had been deported form the country.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Jan 29) he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants.

Prominent rights groups and attorneys representing detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have condemned a call by US President Donald Trump to use the notorious detention facility to house upwards of 30,