A planned deportation flight to Mexico was canceled after the Mexican government refused to cooperate, marking a further escalation in tensions between the two countries. The incident occurred on the heels of President Trump's controversial immigration orders, which include a 'remain in Mexico' policy and the deployment of additional military personnel to the US-Mexico border.
The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump 's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico 's assistance. Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, sources said. The third flight, slotted for Mexico , never took off. It was not immediately clear why Mexico blocked the flight, but tensions between the U.S.
and Mexico, neighbors and longtime allies, have risen since President Donald Trump won the November election. Trump has threatened to slap 25% across-the-board tariffs on Mexico in retaliation for migrants crossing the border the countries share. But he has also issued more immigration orders on his third day in office, while enforcement details remain unclear to implement restrictive immigration standards — including the reinstatement of a 'remain in Mexico' policy that forces migrants to stay in that country while they await adjudication of asylum claims. Flying deportees into a foreign country requires the cooperation of that nation's government, and Mexico declined to give its consent. The military deportation flights are part of a broader Trump administration crackdown on illegal immigration that has been set in motion with executive orders signed in his first week in office. During his campaign, he vowed to stop illegal immigration into the U.S. and pursue a campaign of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants already living in the country. In addition to the flights, he has enlisted the military to beef up its presence on the border with an additional 1,500 troops. Trump birthright citizenship order could leave U.S.-born babies of asylum-seekers 'stateless,' attorneys say
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