A U.S. military plane with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles has left Texas bound for Guatemala carrying 80 deportees, eight of them children.
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. That is more than five times the $853 cost of a one-way first class ticket on American Airlines from El Paso,
A military deportation flight to Guatemala ordered by Donald Trump likely cost at least $4,675 per migrant, according to data provided by US and Guatemalan officials. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The president’s made-for-TV showmanship has been all over his first days in office, as he has sought to kick off the country’s largest mass deportation effort.
U.S. President Donald Trump's use of military flights for migrant deportations is facing scrutiny due to high costs, estimated at $4,675 per migrant. This initiative, part of a national emergency declaration,
The first such military flight out of El Paso, Texas, took place, bound for Guatemala with approximately 80 immigrants on board.
Two military jets landed in Guatemala City on Friday carrying deported migrants from Tucson, Ariz., and El Paso, according to local migration authorities and the American Embassy in Guatemala.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that "Deportation flights have begun," releasing a photo of people boarding a military aircraft.
The U.S. government has begun utilizing military aircraft to deport migrants, with the first flights departing from Biggs Army Air Field to Guatemala on Thursda
The United States has deported 64 migrants to Guatemala on a C-17 military transport plane. This is the third successful deportation flight to Guatemala since the adoption of the new strategy last week.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump forged ahead with military deportation flights on Jan 27, sending another planeload of migrants to Guatemala a day after coming to the brink of a trade war with Colombia after it refused to let C-17 aircraft land.
Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.