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

The president has accelerated his crackdown on illegal migrants since the monent he took office for the second time.

US President Donald Trump has said that he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants.

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

US detention facility is most known for housing military prisoners, terror suspects

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants. The U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, already houses a migrant facility - separate from the high-security…

Donald Trump has announced plans to open a facility to house 30,000 migrants in Guantanamo Bay.

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.

Donald Trump has led an unprecedented crackdown on illegal migration in the US - a regime which has caused concern among many communities and stars, including Selena Gomez

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Migrants who commit theft and other crimes are subject to deportation after President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday afternoon.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has described the plans as “an act of brutality”.

President Donald Trump has announced that the US will hold migrants at the notorious Guantanamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

The bill won bipartisan support in the House and Senate

Guantanamo Bay, a US military prison in Cuba, has housed terrorism suspects since 2002. Under Trump, plans to detain 30,000 migrants emerged.

US President Donald Trump said he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant detention facility at...

A bill requiring ICE to detain any illegal immigrant who is arrested, charged or convicted with burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting will be signed by President Trump on Wednesday.

US President Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law, expanding deportation powers for immigrants accused of crimes.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Guantanamo Bay will be used to hold people who can’t be sent back to their home countries. Here’s what to know about the U.S. base in Cuba.

US President Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law, allowing broader deportation powers for immigrants accused of crimes. What is the law about?

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, Trump will sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his Administration's first piece of legislation.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a presidential memorandum to use Guantanamo Bay as a migrant detention facility for "the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

Donald Trump News Live Updates: Meanwhile, Trump’s administration has rescinded a controversial memo that temporarily froze federal spending on loans and grants just two days after its issuance.

The Migrant Operations Center is used for people intercepted trying to illegally reach the U.S. by boat. Most are from Haiti and Cuba.