Naval Station Guantanamo Bay — ICE migrant detention (no family visits, not in the locator)

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay — listed by ICE as “JTF Camp Six and Migrant Ops Center Main A” — is unlike every other facility in this directory. It is a US naval base in Cuba, not a visitable detention center: there is no street address to write to, no family visitation, and the facility does not appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator. It falls under the Miami Field Office.

Since February 2025, ICE has used the base to hold immigration detainees — over 830 people transferred there on more than 100 flights through May 2026, though the population fluctuates sharply (six detainees as of May 11, 2026, against roughly 400 built beds). “High-risk” detainees have been held in Camp VI, the former war-on-terror prison block; others in the Migrant Operations Center.

Facility quick reference

How to locate someone held at Guantanamo

The standard advice — check locator.ice.gov — does not work for this facility: people held at Guantanamo are not listed there. If someone disappeared from the locator after being in ICE custody, call the Miami ERO Field Office at (954) 236-4900 (8 a.m.–4 p.m.) with the person’s full legal name and aliases, date of birth, and country of birth, and ask directly whether they were transferred to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.

Family contact: what is and isn’t possible

• Visits: ICE’s facility page is explicit — only legal representatives, legal assistants, and interpreters are allowed. No family or friends.
• Mail and packages: ICE publishes no mailing address or family-correspondence procedure for this facility.
• What families can actually do: keep the Miami ERO line as the information channel, and route communication through the detainee’s attorney, who can arrange confidential legal calls.

Legal access for attorneys

Attorneys request confidential phone calls by emailing Legal.GTMO@ice.dhs.gov at least 24 hours in advance — slots run Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. ET and weekends 10 a.m.–2 p.m., in 20-minute increments, up to 60 minutes per detainee per day. Legal documents (generally 20 pages or fewer) are emailed to the same address marked “Legal Mail” — inspected for contraband but not read. G-28 notices of appearance are filed through ERO eFile; bring copies to calls, since facility staff don’t access eFile. This access regime itself emerged from litigation (Las Americas v. Noem, filed February 2025, after attorneys alleged detainees were held with no way to contact counsel).

Litigation families should know about

• Luna Gutierrez v. Noem (D.D.C.): in December 2025 the court certified a class of detainees with removal orders held at Guantanamo, denied the government’s motion to dismiss, and held that the immigration statute does not clearly authorize overseas detention and that the practice is plausibly “impermissibly punitive.” The case is ongoing — its outcome could end or restructure migrant detention at the base.
• Conditions allegations filed in that case (not yet adjudicated facts) include one hour per day of recreation, punitive use of restraint chairs, and significant weight loss among detainees.
• For a case before the immigration court (EOIR), the automated hotline is 1-800-898-7180 (have the A-number ready); the BIA is (703) 305-0289.

Feedback, complaints, and oversight

Complaints about treatment go to the ERO Miami Field Office (865 SW 78th St., Plantation, FL 33324), the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at civil.rights@hq.dhs.gov, or the DHS OIG hotline 1-800-323-8603 — regardless of immigration status.

Related procedural resources

• Know Your Rights — what to do if ICE detains you
• EOIR immigration court schedules and procedures
• All facilities under the Miami Field Office