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Correction: Immigration-Deportation Flights story

A U.S. Air Force jet deported 80 migrants shackled at their wrists and ankles to Guatemala on Thursday, detouring around Mexican airspace because U.S. military overflights require more advance notice than the Trump administration can give as it rapidly accelerates deportations. The flight reflects a growing role for the U.S. armed forces in helping carry out immigration laws as the Trump administration looks to supplement the use of civilian cha…

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Air Force Handles Deportation Mission

An Air Force jet with migrants bound at their wrists and ankles departed Texas for Guatemala on Thursday, carrying 80 deportees in another deportation flight that reflects a growing role for the armed forces in helping enforce immigration laws. The flight from Fort Bliss, an Army base in El Paso,...

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A U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying handcuffed migrants left, on Thursday, January 30, from Texas to Guatemala with at least 80 deportees, in a new example of the growing role of the armed forces in the application of Trump's immigration restrictions.The flight departing from Fort Bliss, an Army base in El Paso, had a scheduled duration of seven hours, almost twice what a direct route would take, because the aircraft was prohibited from flying ov…

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A U.S. Air Force A Rea aircraft carrying migrants takes almost twice as long to arrive in Guatemala to avoid space in the vicinity of Mexico.

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Air Force flies migrants to Guatemala as military’s border role grows

The armed forces is playing a growing role in helping enforce immigration laws under the Trump administration.

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Dozens of Guatemalas deported on military aircraft from Fort Bliss

FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) -- A group of about 80 Guatemalan migrants were deported from the U.S. today as part of the repatriation flights conducted by the Trump Administration. Members of U.S. Border Patrol and the Department of Defense are conducting these operations. A C-17 plane took off this morning with most of the migrants handcuffed and shackled for the remainder of the flight due to security reasons, according to a spokesperson with U.S.…