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.

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.

The administration’s border czar, Tom Homan, said U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement would run the facility in Cuba and that the “the worst of the worst" could go to Guantanamo.

President Donald Trump Wednesday signed into law the first bill of his second term, a measure that would require immigration officials to detain immigrants arrested or charged with property crimes, among others,

A new executive order was yesterday signed by Donald Trump, announcing plans to construct a colossal centre at Guantánamo Bay, which will be used to detain as many as 30,000 immigrants deported from the US.

President Trump signed a memorandum to build a 30,000-person detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for migrants in the U.S. illegally.

The president orders the construction of a detention facility at the US Navy base, prompting an angry backlash from Cuba.

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

US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to house "worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people". He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba which would be separate from its high-security military prison would hold as many as 30,

Trump said the move would double U.S. detention lockup capacities, and Guantanamo is “a tough place to get out of.”

Where is Guantanamo Bay? Here's what to know about mass detention facility that President Donald Trump plans to use to house migrants.