Trump Administration Seeking More Aircraft for Mass Deportations

The Trump administration is in the process of securing enough planes from half a dozen sources to speed up the expulsion of migrants from the the US, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said Friday.

Miller told reporters that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, had been hampered in its ability to deport people because of a lack of aircraft. The agency charters planes and conducted hundreds of flights last year, according to experts.

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This week, the US began deporting migrants on military planes, an option former President Joe Biden declined to use. Miller suggested President Donald ...