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Mexico refuses to accept US deportation flight as Trump’s immigration overhaul gets into full swing

Mexico on Thursday intercepted planes carrying illegal immigrants, military officials said, after President Trump dramatically increased border security and ordered large-scale raids and deportations since taking over the White House. I was refused entry.

Deportation flights were blocked from leaving the United States after two Air Force C-17 flights carrying about 80 deportees to Guatemala took off safely Thursday night. NBC reportedsaid two defense officials and a third party familiar with the situation.

It was not immediately clear why Mexico blocked the plane, but President Trump and Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum have since threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods in response to migrants crossing the border illegally. Tensions are rising with the president.

“The issue with the flight was an administrative issue and was quickly fixed,” a White House official told the outlet in a text message.

As of Friday night, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had arrested 593 people and 449 were in custody. Agents listed on X.

President Trump on Monday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, limiting refugee and asylum access, designating cartels and organized immigrant gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, and wants to stop all illegal immigration and border crimes. said.

On President Trump's first full day in office on Tuesday, federal authorities swept into sanctuary cities such as Boston, Denver, Philadelphia and Atlanta, arresting some 308 criminal illegal immigrants from more than a dozen countries.

The Trump administration has significantly eased restrictions on how ICE conducts deportation investigations, lifting bans on operating in courthouses, churches and other locations where illegal immigrants were previously protected from immigration authorities.

The 47th president is also sending 1,500 active-duty military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border, many with orders to fly helicopters to support Border Patrol agents and help build barriers. Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Sales said Wednesday.

The use of military aircraft to conduct deportation flights is part of the Pentagon's plan to carry out President Trump's state of emergency declaration, and is the first military aircraft to be used to transport deportees since President Dwight Eisenhower took office. This is the first time it has been used. Reuters reportedsaid an anonymous US official.

The White House and ICE did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Post.

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