President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants.

President Donald Trump directed the Department of Defense to ready facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 30,000 migrants.

President Trump announced that he is directing the opening of a detention center for migrants inside of Guantanamo Bay.

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 said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. has "30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

The president says up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the United States could be housed at the facility in Cuba, but it wasn't immediately clear how the plan would be implemented.

On May 3, 2019, a Miami Air flight slid into St. Johns River at NAS Jacksonville. 22 passengers suffered minor injuries and three pets on board died.

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

Not for the first time the U.S. federal government will turn to its agreed-upon lease with the Cuban government for a place to house migrants bound for or prohibited from staying in the United States.

Migrant advocates on Thursday were speaking out against plans by President Donald Trump to revamp Guantánamo Bay to detain and hold thousands of undocumented immigrants sent from the United

Since retaking office last week, President Donald Trump has issued numerous executive orders to address a nonexistent national immigration emergency. This