Undocumented Immigrants Board Deportation Flights After Trump Issues Strong Warning on Illegal Entry into the U.S. – One America News Network
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
5:21 PM – Friday, January 24, 2025
President Donald Trump has directed the military to commence “deportation flights,” as the White House officially reported on Friday, showcasing visuals of long queues of migrants boarding planes to exit the country.
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“Deportation flights have commenced,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on X.
“President Trump is delivering a powerful and unequivocal message: if you illegally enter the United States of America, you will suffer serious repercussions.”
Defense officials informed ABC News that at least one of the C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes that was responsible for transporting migrants to Guatemala departed from Biggs Army Field, located near Fort Bliss in Texas.
As reported by NBC News, the Guatemalan Migration Institute also confirmed that men and women from Guatemala have returned to their homeland, with additional flights expected.
“The Trump Administration has also deported numerous illegal immigrant offenders using military aircraft,” Leavitt added. “This is the most extensive deportation operation in history that is currently in progress.”
“Promises made. Promises fulfilled.”
On the same day, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that at least 373 detainers were arrested and 538 illegal immigrants were apprehended in the U.S.
According to the press secretary, those 538 included “a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several individuals accused of sex crimes against minors.”
A recent tragic incident involved the fatal attack on a sleeping woman in a Brooklyn subway train on December 22nd, carried out by a Guatemalan migrant who had entered the U.S. unlawfully and was supported by American taxpayers. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, admitted to his illegal entry into the U.S. years prior. He claimed to have been heavily intoxicated that day and reportedly did not realize he had set an American woman on fire, resulting in her death.
Additionally, another Guatemalan illegal immigrant, Luis Lopez-Martinez, was arrested for sexually assaulting a young child in Alabama over the weekend, responding to the police with, “It is what it is.”
The identities of the convicted individuals from the recent deportation flights were not disclosed by any news outlets.
However, Fox News indicated that the arrests, initiated at midnight on Tuesday, involved migrants from more than a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal, and Venezuela.
Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration is also dispatching 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border—many tasked with flying helicopters in support of Border Patrol agents and assisting in barrier construction.
“This is just the beginning,” Salesses remarked. “In the near future, we will develop and execute additional operations in collaboration with DHS, federal agencies, and state partners to address the comprehensive threats described by the President at our nation’s borders.”
According to a senior defense official on Friday, approximately 2,500 personnel were already present at the border, aiding Customs and Border Protection with its operations through Thursday. Furthermore, officials confirmed that the additional 1,500 troops “are en route and began arriving overnight.”
They indicated that another 2,000 Marines could be deployed if needed.
Meanwhile, other emerging reports suggested that certain nations, such as Mexico, were “hesitant to accept” their nationals back. However, shortly thereafter, a White House official reached out to the media via text, stating that “the flights situation was an administrative issue that has been promptly resolved.”
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