The US military will fly migrants to Guantanamo Bay today for the first time, officials have told Reuters, with nearly a dozen on board.
It comes after Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to open a migrant detention centre on the island of Cuba, potentially housing tens of thousands at the naval base.
Speaking before making the act official, Trump said thousands who cannot be deported to their home countries will be held at the complex.
US federal resignations surge ahead of Trump’s deadline
More than 20,000 US employees, roughly 1% of the government workforce, have signed up for an offer to quit their jobs and continue receiving their salaries until the end of September.
An official has told Bloomberg that those numbers are increasing every day, with the Trump administration expecting a spike in resignations.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk hope the offer could cull as much as 10% of the federal workforce ahead a deadline on Thursday, Bloomberg reports, but that target could be difficult to meet.
Unions have called on members to be sceptical of the offers, which they said were not guaranteed.
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