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.”

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

President Donald Trump says he’s directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to use Guantanamo Bay as a migrant detention facility for "the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

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.