The United States announced on Tuesday the implementation of the first flight transporting migrants arrested in U.S. territory to the detention center located at the Guantanamo Military Base in Cuba.
"The president Trump is not wasting any time," said White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt in statements to the Fox News network.
An official revealed to Reuters on the condition of anonymity that the flight would carry almost a dozen migrants.
The flight was scheduled to take place much earlier than announced by Tom Homan, the so-called "border czar," who stated that deportations to Guantánamo would begin in 30 days and that they would likely start with a small number of deportees.
For his part, Leavitt assured this Tuesday that President Trump will not allow the United States to become "a dumping ground for illegal criminals from countries around the world" and stressed that the new Administration is keeping its promises.
He emphasized that the detention center at the Base will house "illegal criminals who have violated the immigration laws" of the United States and who have also "committed more atrocious crimes against American citizens."
The goal of Trump is for the Guantanamo detention camp to accommodate about 30,000 people.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has stated that the plan was not to detain them in Guantanamo indefinitely and that U.S. law would be respected.
The Department of Homeland Security has not clarified whether women, children, or immigrant families will be sent.
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