Trump Proposes Expanding Migrant Detention at Guantánamo Bay

The plan to detain up to 30,000 migrants at the controversial site has drawn criticism over feasibility and human rights concerns.

President Donald Trump has directed U.S. agencies to prepare for the detention of up to 30,000 migrants at Guantánamo Bay, citing the need to house 'the worst criminal illegal immigrants.'
Existing migrant facilities at Guantánamo Bay are small and rarely used, and experts question the site's capacity to handle such a large number of detainees.
Critics, including human rights organizations and Cuba's president, have condemned the plan as inhumane and linked it to the site's history of alleged torture and legal abuses.
Trump's administration claims the plan is part of a broader effort to expand mass deportation capabilities, with ICE expected to oversee the facility's operations.
Officials have acknowledged that significant upgrades and staffing increases would be required to make the site operational for the proposed scale of detentions.