The flight appeared to be the first use of an American military aircraft to deport people to India, which is one of the top sources of illegal immigration to the United States.

A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants has arrived in a northern Indian city, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said.

The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay was set to depart Tuesday, a U.S. official said. President Donald Trump has eyed the facility as a holding center and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,

The Trump administration denied an extension of deportation protections for almost 350,000 Venezuelan migrants, setting the stage for their removal from the US.

The first military flights to deport migrants from the United States to Naval Base Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday.

The announcement came a day after the U.S. secured the release of six hostages from the South American country.

The US began deporting the first batch of undocumented Indian migrants since President Donald Trump returned to office threatening trade action against countries who didn’t comply with his immigration policies.

Washington: The US began deporting the first batch of undocumented Indian migrants since President Donald Trump returned to office threatening trade action against countries who didn’t comply with his immigration policies.