Officials have said most of the people sent to the U.S. base are members of a Venezuelan gang but have not offered evidence to support that claim.

A federal judge in Washington ruled against plaintiffs who challenged the Trump administration’s ability to transfer immigrants to the U.S. military base in Cuba, known as Guantánamo Bay.

President Donald Trump's administration faced a deadline on Thursday to respond to a judicial request for more details on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants as the judge considers whether officials violated his order temporarily blocking the expulsions.