The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.

The US government flew 177 deportees from Guantánamo Bay to Honduras on Thursday. US border protection agency ICE said the deportees were then picked up and returned home by the Venezuelan government.

U.S. immigration and military authorities say they are holding exclusively Venezuelan immigrants subject to final deportation orders at the U.S. naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where nearly 180 people are being held in tents and high-security facilities,

The Trump administration has said little about the Venezuelan men who were transferred from Texas to the U.S. military base in Cuba.

Nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. were returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay, in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S. deportations.

A photo released by the Department of Homeland Security of the first flight of migrants who were part of Tren de Aragua, preparing to takeoff for Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 4, 2025. Via DHS. (WASHINGTON) — U.