The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.

On Feb. 7, he and other Venezuelan men in ICE detention in El Paso were awakened and told they were going back to Venezuela, Purroy Roldan said. They were transported to Miami and put aboard a military plane – and realized they were actually going to Guantanamo.

Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation.

President Donald Trump's administration has put a halt to plans to house migrants in tent buildings constructed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, due to worries that the new facilities don't fulfil detention standards since they don't have power or air conditioning,

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Trump has said Guantanamo Bay, also known as “Gitmo,” has space for ... including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘ black hole’ for migrants, deportees from US, observers ...

Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants' passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.

Honduras on Thursday also facilitated a handoff of deportees between the U.S. and Venezuela from a flight coming from Guantanamo Bay. The migrants arriving in Costa Rica will be bused to a rural holding facility near the Panama border, where they will be ...

In its first month, the Trump administration has reached deals with Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama to act as stopovers or destinations for migrants expelled from the U.S. It has brokered deals with Venezuela to pick up its people in Texas, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Honduras.

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Trump has said Guantanamo Bay, also known as “Gitmo ... including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘ black hole ...