President Trump ordered officials to create a 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for "the worst criminal illegal aliens."

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will sign an executive action ordering the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay which he said would hold as many as 30,000 people. He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba, which would be separate from its high-security military prison, would house "the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people".

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

The president said the facility at the U.S. naval base could house as many as 30,000 people

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

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

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants.