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.

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at revamping the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison to house migrants awaiting deportation. While signing the Laken Riley Act, the president explained that the facility would be used to detain migrants and that the number of available beds would be increased.

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

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 Bay,

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

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

Immigration judges also decide whether those eligible for bond will get it and if so how much those detained must pay to be released while their cases are ongoing. Bonds start at $1,500 but more commonly run between $5,000 and $25,000, said Matt Adams, legal director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.

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.