Donald Trump’s government is considering using Guantanamo’s military prison, which is exclusively detained by people accused of terrorism, as a place of detention of immigrants, Interior Security Minister Christie Nohem said.

“We are considering the situation and discussing it right now,” he told the Fox News television channel, noting that it was “to the president” to make the decision.

This prison “is a trump and we will continue to consider how to use all our trumps to guarantee America’s security,” he added.

In the pre -election, Donald Trump denounced the “invasion” of immigrants who “contaminate the blood” of the US and causing a wave of crime, but which is not evidenced by official statistics.

Guantanamo’s prison was founded in 2002 within the US military base in Cuba, as part of the “war against terrorism” declared by then President George W. Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Hundreds of people were held there, including some al -Qaeda members, but the conditions of detention and complained torture caused a strong political confrontation. Democratic former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden expressed their intention to close it, but failed.

Last September, the New York Times revealed government documents showing that Guantanamo has been used by the US for decades to imprison some of the immigrants found at sea. Immigrants are held in a different place than those who have been accused of terrorism.