President Trump says he will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of criminal immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

Trump said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. has "30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

Trump made the surprise declaration during the signing of the Laken Riley Act at the White House Wednesday afternoon.

By Patsy Widakuswara and Aline Barros WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would sign an executive action directing his administration to prepare to detain undocumented migrants at Guantanamo Bay,

The president says up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the United States could be housed at the facility in Cuba, but it wasn't immediately clear how the plan would be implemented.

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

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that instructs the Pentagon and HHS to prepare 30,000 beds at Guantanamo to house undocumented criminal migrants.

We’re evaluating and talking about that right now,’ Kristi Noem said on Fox News on Wednesday morning. ‘It’s the president's decision.’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not rule out the possibility of using Guantanamo Bay in the Trump administration’s effort to combat illegal immigration, describing it as “an asset” that is being considered.

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,

About 8:45pm Wednesday, local time, the PSA Airlines flight is approaching the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, 6 kilometres south of the airport. Air traffic controllers tell the flight to prepare to land at runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.