Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land, halting a deportation flight carrying immigrants back to Mexico. Instead, two C-17 planes flew 80 deportees to Guatemala. Click to find out more.Mexico Retaliates Against Trump;
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said early Friday morning deportation flights had begun, marking the first deportation flights using military aircraft since President Dwight Eisenhower was in office, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed U.S. official.
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.
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An official said it was the first time in recent memory that American military aircraft were being used to fly migrants out of the US.
A suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Urbana has been arrested in Texas after fleeing the scene and using a false identity, authorities said.
The Mexican government has not confirmed either the arrival of flights or any agreement to receive a specific number of planes with deportees
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY – Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a US military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a US official and a Mexican official told Reuters. The US military carried out two similar flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala o n Jan 24.
The plan, called “Mexico Embraces You,” seeks to reassure undocumented migrants facing expulsion. Some experts question if the government is really ready to reabsorb them.
WASHINGTON: Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a US military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a US official and a Mexican official said.
The case of Guatemala reveals how President Trump’s promised sweeps could change life outside the United States, too.