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.”

Trump made the surprise declaration during the signing of the Laken Riley Act at the White House Wednesday afternoon.

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

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the ''worst criminal aliens'' to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay,

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

President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

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

Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to permit the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to use Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 migrants.

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is receiving mixed reviews as he seeks to deliver on a campaign promise to shut down the border.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the United States (US) has not asked Guyana to accept Venezuelan deportees if Caracas refuses to allow planeloads of persons, but he declined to say