Jan. 24 (UPI) -- This week, U.S. military and police forces began the first deportation flights for illegal immigrants under President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown nationwide and particularly at the southern border.
A large military C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing took off from Fort Bliss, Texas, on Thursday. The airlift was directed by the U.S. Northern Command's U.S. Transportation Command.