The new case, which for now is asking for a court to block the transfer of 10 men to the offshore base, is the first to directly challenge the policy.

Satellite imagery of Guantanamo Bay shows the rapid construction of structures as the Trump administration ramps up efforts to house migrants there.

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.

The US suspended costly military deportation flights after conducting about 30 C-17 and a dozen C-130 flights, transporting migrants to India, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Panama & Guantanamo

Civil rights attorneys are suing the Trump administration to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants detained in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The US has suspended the use of military aircraft for deporting illegal migrants due to high costs. The Trump administration had used C-17 and C-130 planes to deport migrants to various countries, including India and Guantanamo Bay.