Media reported on Trump's plans to use military forces to fight migrants

US President Donald Trump is using the army and the military to fight illegal migrants. This was reported by Bloomberg agency on January 24.

"The Trump administration publishes photos and videos of authorities driving migrants into C-17s - military planes that are usually used to transport troops," the material said.

As the journalists noted, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made more than 500 arrests, including highlighting the detention of a group of 300 people who have been characterized as "criminal immigrants". Some of the reasons for the detention include assault with a weapon, grievous bodily harm, attempted murder and rape. At the same time, there were at least 165 non-criminals among those arrested, according to ICE.

Taken together, these moves signal a significant shift in U.S. policy as Trump begins, as he has promised, the largest mass deportation in the country's history.

Meanwhile, the implementation of one of Trump's key plans, to impose restrictions on birthright citizenship, has so far been put on pause after a judge in Seattle called an executive order signed on the first day of his presidency "patently unconstitutional." The Justice Department also did not support the idea and released a statement saying it would "vigorously defend" the executive order. At the same time, the department's top official, Emil Bove, warned prosecutors to follow Trump's agenda.

The very idea of deporting people by military aircraft has drawn criticism from groups that track the process of removing migrants from the US. Thomas Cartwright, a refugee rights advocate with Witness at the Border, called the photos of loading trespassers onto military planes "theater of the absurd." He noted that military cargo planes then carry fewer people per departure than regular charter flights. The activist also revealed that the U.S. already sends an average of 10 deportation flights a week to Guatemala.

"The only new thing about this is that people are being transported on a cargo plane instead of a charter plane, and there are fewer people on board," Cartwright wrote on social media X.

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On Jan. 24, Mississippi officials proposed paying to catch and deport illegals. "Certified bounty hunter program" assumes that detectives will officially register and receive $1 thousand for each successful deportation of a border crosser. On this day, it was also reported that the number of southern border crossings by illegal migrants in the U.S. dropped sharply in the first days of President Donald Trump's administration. It was specified that the reduction amounted to 35%.

Also, the Governor of the US state of Texas Greg Abbott demanded compensation from Congress for securing the country's border during the administration of former US President Joe Biden. "In total, Texas spent more than $11.1 billion to protect the public and secure the border. Accordingly, I am formally requesting that the federal government fully reimburse Texas for these expenditures," he said in X.

Prior to that, Trump signed more than 200 new executive orders on Jan. 20, immediately after his inauguration. Among them, declaring a state of emergency on the border with Mexico and placing drug cartels on the list of terrorist organizations.

Back on January 17, Politico reported that the US President's team intends to declare a state of emergency to combat illegal migration. It was noted that officials are also developing an executive order to abolish the right to American citizenship by birth. The Trump administration plans to launch raids against migrants the day after the inauguration, The Wall Street Journal added.