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

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.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement transported 177 migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras for final removal to Venezuela, according to a post on X from the agency.

The administration flew almost all of the migrants it had held in the facility in Cuba to Honduras, and one to detention in the U.S., NBC News has learned.

The U.S. government and a Venezuelan state airline flew 177 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras and on to Venezuela on Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security said.

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.

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.

The aircraft later flew from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras, where Venezuelan authorities took custody of passengers to be returned to Caracas. Trump in January said he wanted to expand immigrant ...

The aircraft later flew from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras, where Venezuelan authorities took custody of passengers to be returned to Caracas. Trump in January said he wanted to expand immigrant ...