The deportation flight was blocked from leaving the US after two Air Force C-17 flights, each carrying about 80 deportees to Guatemala, successfully took off Thursday night.
Mexico reportedly denied access to land for a U.S. military plane that was slated to return deportees to the country, according to reports.
The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico's assistance.
Troops have assisted at the border before and will be limited to support roles unless the administration invokes the Insurrection Act.
Aboard Air Force One, while en route to view wildfire devastation in California, President Trump signed a series of executive actions aimed at preventing the use of federal taxpayer dollars
The White House on Wednesday summarized U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping crackdown this week at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Here's how Mexico's politicians, lawmakers and party leaders have responded to the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
The White House Spanish language page was shut down just hours after President Trump assumed the Oval Office for the second time. The website, whitehouse.gov/es/, was functioning during the
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ... inauguration including declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. A senior defense official told reporters on condition of ...
The White House announced Friday that it had deployed Marines to the U.S. southern border. "The US Marine Corps Is On The Border Assisting CBP With The Mission To Secure America," the White House wrote on the social media platform, X. The post included a video of planes flying down to the U.S.-Mexico border with soldiers coming out of them.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.