Under President Donald Trump’s order to crack down on illegal immigration, hundreds of illegal immigrants have been deported from the United States.
Trump signed a number of executive orders to address illegal immigration on his first day in office.
Along with designating criminal cartels as terrorist organizations, Obama also proclaimed a national emergency over the situation at the border between the United States and Mexico. The president of the United States halted the practice of automatically awarding citizenship to unauthorized immigrants’ children born in the United States.
A four-month suspension of the US refugee resettlement program was also signed by Trump.
This week, an enforcement effort got underway.
In the initial round of operations, 538 illegal aliens were taken into custody, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“The Trump administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals, including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several individuals convicted of sex crimes against minors,” she wrote in a post on her X handle on Thursday. However, two deportation planes had landed in Guatemala overnight, CBS News reported on Friday.
One flight from El Paso brought in 80 people, another from Tucson brought in another 80, and a third from El Paso brought in about 105, according to a Guatemalan migration official who verified the arrivals.
“The Trump Administration has also deported hundreds of illegal immigrant criminals via military aircraft,” Leavitt said, confirming the scope of the operation. The world’s biggest mass deportation operation is already under way.
As part of Trump’s larger immigration plans, this signaled the start of a more vigorous push to stop illegal immigration.