This is the furthest the Trump administration has ever sent troops to transfer migrants.
According to a US official who spoke to Reuters on Monday, a US military plane is returning Indian migrants to India, the furthest destination in President Donald Trump’s use of military transport for deportations.
With the deployment of troops to the US-Mexico border, the placement of migrants on military bases, and the use of military planes for deportations, Trump has depended more and more on the military to carry out his immigration policy.
The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that a C-17 plane carrying migrants had left for India and would not arrive for at least 24 hours. Additionally, the Pentagon has started arranging flights to deport more than 5,000 migrants from detention facilities in San Diego, California, and El Paso, Texas.