A suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Urbana has been arrested in Texas after fleeing the scene and using a false identity, authorities said.
Mexico reportedly denied access to land for a U.S. military plane that was slated to return deportees to the country, according to reports.
Mexico blocked a US deportation flight, citing administrative issues, amid heightened border tensions and intensified immigration enforcement by President Trump.
The plan, called “Mexico Embraces You,” seeks to reassure undocumented migrants facing expulsion. Some experts question if the government is really ready to reabsorb them.
US military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala, authorities said Friday, as President Donald Trump moved to crack down on illegal immigration.
An official said it was the first time in recent memory that American military aircraft were being used to fly migrants out of the US.
According to the NBC News report, two U.S. Air Force C-17s bound for Guatemala, each carrying around 80 people, flew deportees out of the U.S. on Thursday. However, a third flight, which was scheduled to land in Mexico, did not depart after it was not granted permission to land.
Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.
Mexico has declined to accept a plane deporting migrants from the United States. The country rejected the request of US President Donald Trump's administration, Reuters reports. On January 24, US military aircraft made two flights to Guatemala,
Two military jets landed in Guatemala City on Friday carrying deported migrants from Tucson, Ariz., and El Paso, according to local migration authorities and the American Embassy in Guatemala.
US launches major deportation operation using military aircraft, with 265 Guatemalans deported and over 1,000 arrests made in two days.