President Donald Trump and his border expert, Tom Homan, are quickly taking action on the issue of mass deportations for the millions of undocumented individuals in the U.S. This has been a key focus for Trump, who pledged to secure the southern border and expel undocumented immigrants during his campaign. Homan has made it clear that they plan to act swiftly since Trump took office.
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In response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carrying out raids and arrests nationwide, the initial groups of undocumented individuals were spotted on Friday morning being organized and transported via U.S. military planes to be sent back to their home countries.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt took to X to share the news.
Deportation flights have begun.
President Trump is sending a strong and direct message globally: if you enter the U.S. illegally, you will face serious repercussions. pic.twitter.com/CTlG8MRcY1
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 24, 2025
Initial reports indicate that at least one of the flights took off from El Paso, Texas, on its way to Guatemala.
One of the photos was taken at Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources said. The sources added that the plane in the image holds 80 people and departed for Guatemala on Thursday at 5 p.m. local time.
“We can confirm that overnight, two DOD aircraft conducted repatriation flights from the US to Guatemala,” a U.S. defense official told Fox News.
More specifics are being made known about who was getting a one-way ticket home and their mode of transportation.
The Guatemalan Migration Institute confirmed in a statement that 79 Guatemalans returned to the country, including 31 adult women and 48 adult men, according to NBC.
At the same time, Border Czar Homan is warning Americans that the left will try everything they can to delay or stop the deportations from taking place, saying we can expect to see lawsuits filed and propaganda flooding the media.
“They’re going to show the first crying female, the first crying child…”
“But they won’t talk about 340,000 children they failed to take care of…”
Tom Homan explains why he is leading the deportation of criminal aliens and what he really cares about.pic.twitter.com/6u4Nvm7tfG
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 24, 2025
HOMAN: We’re gonna take a lot of hate, we’re going to be sued. Every day, numerous times.
I think you’ll see the left try to control the media. They’re going to show the first crying female, the first crying child. Say how inhumane we are. But, they won’t talk about the 340,000 children that they’ve failed to take care of. They’re not gonna talk about the young women who’ve been murdered in this country at the hands of criminal cartels.
Homan emphasized that the left is “not going to stop us from doing our job” and put them on notice:
Hate all you want. Push the misinformation all you want. We’re not going to slow down, we’re not going away. We’re going to get this done.
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), whose district has seen its share of illegals pour in—particularly during the Biden administration—is happy to see the deportations begin and said the area “will be ground zero for DEPORTATION operations.” He concluded, “In 4 days President Trump has done more to protect our country than Biden did in 4 years.”
