Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. base in Cuba since 1898, may soon house thousands of detained migrants, following a proposal by the Trump administration.

Human rights groups have accused U.S. authorities of using Guantánamo Bay for decades to detain migrants fleeing Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean nations.

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.

By Ted Hesson and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to visit a migrant detention site in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement efforts,

The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay has landed in Cuba. Ten migrants with suspected gang ties were transferred to the facility, which was previously used to detain suspected al-Qaida members.

Chained migrants marched into Guantanamo Bay after Trump’s crackdown THIS is the dramatic moment shackled migrants are marched into the hellhole jail Guantanamo Bay after being flown in from the US. A second batch of prisoners was today banged up in the terrorist centre after Trump vowed to crack down on illegal migrants.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the first deportation flight carrying illegal migrants from the U.S. has arrived at Guantanamo Bay.