Trump Administration Initiates Deportation Flights Using Military Aircraft
The Trump administration has begun deportation flights of immigrants who entered the US illegally, utilizing Air Force C-17 planes.
How do U.S. deportation flights work, what happens when countries refuse to accept them?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s air transportation branch, ICE Air Operations, runs deportation flights. The agency uses commercial or charter planes to fly migrants internationally to their countries of origin or internally to other U.S. detention centers.
Military helping fly out immigrants on deportation flights
Photos posted by the Department of Defense show U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents loading dozens of people with their belongings and water bottles onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Tucson International Airport on Thursday night. The C-17 was flown to Guatemala.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's military deportation flight to Guatemala on Monday likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by U.S. and Guatemalan officials.
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