White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that "Deportation flights have begun," releasing a photo of people boarding a military aircraft.

President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Monday, Jan. 20 and officially began his second term in office. He signed a slew of executive orders on his first day of his second administration, with at least 10 of those related to immigration.

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

Active duty troops in Texas will be building permanent and temporary physical barriers to stop illegal border crossings, using intelligence analysts for the monitor and detection of migrants and military aircrafts to take detainees back to their country of origin.

President Donald Trump's administration has plans to quickly expand the number of flights carrying illegal immigrants out of the country.

The U.S. government has begun utilizing military aircraft to deport migrants, with the first flights departing from Biggs Army Air Field to Guatemala on Thursda

Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" in the U.S. were arrested and hundreds more flown out of the country on military aircraft, the White House said.

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the future of Annunciation House, El Paso's largest migrant shelter network.

Photos show handcuffed undocumented immigrants boarding a deportation flight on a U.S. military aircraft at Fort Bliss, according to a White ... of El Paso, including Fort Bliss, in Texas ...

Though the crowd was thin for this year's Women's March and People's Rally in Downtown El Paso, the message was resistance to President Donald Trump.

Schiff told other news outlets that he declined the invitation from the White House because of Senate Cabinet confirmation votes taking place today. Trump spoke with reporters as he left the White House Friday morning --- heading to North Carolina to tour areas affected by Hurricane Helene.

Deportations are not unique to the Trump administration. Biden carried out deportations as well, with 271,000 immigrants deported to 192 countries in fiscal year 2024. This amounts to around 740 a day, making the current preliminary figures under Trump slightly higher.