About 200 Marines and soldiers arrived over the weekend as the base faces its most drastic changes since the Pentagon opened a prison there after the Sept. 11 attacks.

More than 150 United States military personnel are already at the Guantanamo naval base (Cuba) to prepare for the expansion of the detention center for undocumented migrants. The US Southern Command explained in a statement that the personnel are at the naval base to support the memorandum Trump signed on Wednesday

President Donald Trump reiterated his vow to “take back” the Panama Canal on Sunday, warning of “powerful” US action in an escalating diplomatic dispute with the Central American country over China’s presence around the vital waterway.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum directing the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house tens of thousands of migrants.

Hundreds of troops have deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to support “holding operations” for a new 30,000-person migrant facility.

Marines from North Carolina flew to Guantanamo Bay following President Trump's memorandum last week, to prepare the U.S. naval base there to house tens of thousands of migrants.

Marines arrived at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba on Sunday as the new administration moves forward with plan to house illegal immigrants at the former terrorist prison.