President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.

The president has instructed officials to “begin preparing” a 30,000-person “migrant facility” at Guantánamo Bay. The list of concerns is not short.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants.

On May 3, 2019, a Miami Air flight slid into St. Johns River at NAS Jacksonville. 22 passengers suffered minor injuries and three pets on board died.

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."

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.

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

President Trump says he will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of criminal immigrants in the US illegally who can’t be sent back to their home countries.

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration is receiving mixed reviews as he seeks to deliver on a campaign promise to shut down the border.

The latest piece of the mass deportation puzzle includes sending as many as 30,000 criminal migrants to the navy base at Guantanamo Bay.

In a pre-recorded video uploaded to social media, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had little more to add beyond noting that the Pentagon was "leaning forward on supporting the president's directive."