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.

Trump made the announcement before he signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation.

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,

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.

President Trump announced Wednesday he plans to open up a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living in the US illegally.

Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll tells Fox News Digital how the bureau's investigatory and tactical resources have been deployed to fight migrant crime.

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