Senior Trump officials are currently in the process of expanding holding capacity for migrants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This initiative, which is expected to take several weeks, is aimed at accommodating a larger number of migrants, although it may fall short of President Donald Trump's target of 30,000 individuals.
Guantanamo Bay already houses a separate migrant processing center that was previously utilized to temporarily shelter migrants apprehended at sea. Under the Biden administration, Homeland Security officials have evaluated this center as a potential location to temporarily house migrants in the event of a mass maritime migration.
According to a former Homeland Security official, the process of expanding capacity at Guantanamo Bay is estimated to take approximately 30 days, depending on the availability of resources and the speed of implementation. Trump's top immigration advisers have indicated that the management of a detention facility for migrants at Guantanamo Bay would be overseen by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
'We're just going to expand upon existing migrant centers,' stated 'border czar' Tom Homan, who also mentioned that the facility would be managed by 'our migrant center run out of Miami.' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested that the base could potentially be used to detain what she referred to as 'the worst of the worst.'
