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

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 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.

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.