The president has ordered to expand the detention capacity at the Guantánamo naval base to accommodate more than 30,000 people, and the Pentagon has already deployed over 150 military personnel for this task.

The Trump administration on Tuesday began flights transporting "criminal aliens" to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention facility to eventually hold thousands of other migrants.

The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay was set to land Tuesday evening, two U.S. officials said. It was the first step in an expected surge in the number of migrants sent to the Navy base in Cuba,

The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay landed in Cuba on Tuesday evening, according to a U.S. official. It was the first step in an expected surge in the number of migrants sent to the U.

The Pentagon has said it plans to deport more than 5,000 migrants held by U.S. authorities in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California.

The first U.S. military aircraft carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay departed on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, as President Donald Trump’s administration prepares to potentially house tens of thousands of migrants at the naval base in Cuba.