Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said illegal immigrants sent to Guantanamo Bay won’t be housed there indefinitely. “That is not the plan,” Noem said during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday when asked.

Human rights groups have accused U.S. authorities of using Guantánamo Bay for decades to detain migrants fleeing Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean nations.

The United States will "hopefully" start moving migrants to a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within 30 days, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing House border czar Tom Homan. The facility was first announced by U.