US President Trump announces 30,000-bed migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to build a 30,000-bed migrant detention facility at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This new centre will be separate from the existing high-security prison and will house what Mr Trump called the worst criminal illegal aliens.

The facility, run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will expand an existing site and could hold migrants intercepted at sea.

Meanwhile, the



Cuban government has condemned the move, calling it illegal and inhumane. Guantanamo Bay has long been controversial, with past reports alleging mistreatment of detainees.

This announcement follows Mr. Trump’s signing of the  Laken Riley Act, which mandates jailing undocumented immigrants accused of violent crimes. The act is named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by a Venezuelan migrant.