President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Wednesday to repurpose the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to detain immigrants accused of serious crimes.

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

MIAMI - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration plans to send thousands of undocumented immigrants to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a move that has drawn sharp reactions from South Florida officials and immigration advocates.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is ordering officials to establish a massive migrant detention facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. He made the announcement during a signing ceremony for the Laken Riley Act, which allows authorities to detain undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes.

The administration’s border czar, Tom Homan, said U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement would run the facility in Cuba and that the “the worst of the worst" could go to Guantanamo.

President Donald Trump Wednesday signed into law the first bill of his second term, a measure that would require immigration officials to detain immigrants arrested or charged with property crimes, among others,

The president orders the construction of a detention facility at the US Navy base, prompting an angry backlash from Cuba.

President Donald Trump ordered construction of a deportee detention camp with room for 30,000 migrants on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

A new executive order was yesterday signed by Donald Trump, announcing plans to construct a colossal centre at Guantánamo Bay, which will be used to detain as many as 30,000 immigrants deported from the US.

DONALD Trump has revealed plans to send up to 30,000 illegal immigrants to detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay. The US President’s declaration comes as part of his campaign to mass-deport

Trump said the move would double U.S. detention lockup capacities, and Guantanamo is “a tough place to get out of.”