U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying detained migrants out of the country on Friday, following orders from President Donald Trump, as the Pentagon prepared to send more troops to the southern border,

The Trump administration has started flying immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally out of the country using military aircraft, a White House spokesperson said Friday. White House press

White House official releases photos showing migrants boarding U.S. military aircraft for deportation at Fort Bliss.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

U.S. military and police forces began the first deportation flights for illegal immigrants under President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown nationwide and particularly at the southern border.

U.S. military aircraft began flying out migrants on orders from President Donald Trump on Friday, as the Pentagon prepared to send more troops to the southern border. On his first day in office, Trump declared a national emergency at the border,