Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department are racing to set up multiple tent facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house thousands of migrants, but the scattered efforts have prompted questions internally about who’s in charge and what will happen once people arrive on site.

ACLU filed the complaint on behalf of families of detainees, who say the detainees themselves cannot sue because they are being held without the ability to communicate to the outside world. The suit seeks immediate phone and video access to detainees, as well as in-person visitation.

The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys

A coalition of civil liberties and immigrant rights groups are suing to get access to immigrants transferred from the U.S. to detention at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump's recent order.