Trump to sign executive order to prepare Guantanamo Bay for 30,000 'criminal illegal aliens'

"Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay," Trump said. "Most people don't even know about it."

He said they have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to house the detainees who pose a threat to the American public, adding that putting them there will ensure they do not come back.

"Some of them are so bad, we don't even trust their countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back," Trump said. "We're going to send them to Guantanamo."

"It's a tough place to get out of," Trump added.

The president said the executive order brings the U.S. one step closer to "eradicating the scourge" in migrant crime in communities, once and for all.

He also called on Congress to provide full funding for the complete and total restoration of the U.S. borders, as well as financial support to remove record numbers of illegal aliens.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration rolled out a social media thread highlighting the latest apprehensions conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the president's immigration crackdown became a reality.

"969 TOTAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ARRESTS by ICE were recorded yesterday, January 27, 2025," the White House shared on X. "HERE ARE SOME OF THE WORST."

Trump's 2024 campaign promised to curb illegal immigration that skyrocketed under the Biden administration. The 47th president promised to deport migrants, including those who had long rap sheets or ties to gangs or terrorist organizations.

His executive orders included sealing the U.S. asylum system for those without proper documents; discharging the military with deporting immigration violators; and tasking ICE with removing migrants.

Over the last week, the Department of Homeland Security said that "law enforcement officials have removed and returned 7,300 illegal aliens."

Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Emma Colton contributed to this report.