White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on January 24 shared on her social network X account of two images of illegal immigrants handcuffed and went to a military plane.
The image was shared by the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt showed that the immigrants were prepared to board a military plane to return home.
Photo: account x @presssec
“The deportation flights have begun. .
According to CNN, the use of military aircraft to bring immigrants home is noticeable. It is unclear when the flight in the photo is taken and the immigrants are from which country.
A US Department of Security officials said the first flights took off from the Briggs military airport in El Paso city (Texas) on the evening of January 23. Accordingly, about 75-80 Guatemala people were expelled. These people recently crossed the US and was temporarily detained by the border patrol forces.
Illegal immigrants were handcuffed
Photo: account x @presssec
An American military senior official said 4 military aircraft, including 2 C-17s and 2 C-130s were brought to San Diego (California) and El Paso to support repatriation. illegal immigrants.
According to the magazine Air & Space Forcesthese aircraft will be used to deport 5,400 people being detained by the customs authorities and protecting the US border. A senior military official is expected to have more monitoring aircraft brought to the border to strengthen patrols.
In addition, the Acting Minister of Defense Robert Sancesses said that 1,500 soldiers were mobilized to the US border with Mexico to control the situation. He predicted that up to 10,000 soldiers were deployed.
After taking office, President Trump signed the executive command to allow the functional forces into sensitive places such as churches, hospitals or schools to arrest illegal immigrants. At the same time, he instructed the expulsion of people living in the US but did not have legal papers.
Fox News reported from January 21 to 9 o’clock on January 22, within 33 hours, the functional force arrested more than 460 illegal immigrants, including people with criminal records.
