Trump announces opening Guantanamo Bay detention centre for illegal migrants

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House (Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Donald Trump has said he is directing the opening of a detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States.

Mr Trump made the announcement right before he signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation.