Donald Trump took strict action on illegal migrants after taking over as US President on 20 January. In this sequence, the US-Mexico border started a strict investigation and accelerated the process of exile. Trump expelled 37,660 illegal migrants out of the country in the first month of taking office. The Deputy people were sent back from US military aircraft. However, it is now being told that in view of the expenses on it, the use of military aircraft has been stopped to send the deported people back.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Trump administration has discontinued the use of military aircraft to send those illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay or other places. The report said that dependence on military aircraft for exile proved expensive and non-physical. However, the administration has not yet released detailed exile figures. It is not clear from this that how many people were caught by the US Internal Security Agency (ICE) from within the country and how many were sent out on the border.
Exile from expensive military aircraft
According to flight tracking data, the US government operated about 30 exile flights from C-17 aircraft and about a dozen flights from C-130 aircraft. Through these flights, migrants were sent to 6 countries India, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Panama. Apart from this, many migrant guantanamo bays were also sent. During this time military aircraft covered long distances, took fewer passengers and had to bear a higher cost than civil aircraft.
How much cost of exile?
According to the Wall Street Journal report, the cost of three deportation flights sent to India came to $ 3 million (about 30 crore rupees). At the same time, only a dozen people were sent to Guantanamo Bay in some flights, which cost at least $ 20,000 per person. The US has so far sent 332 Indians back to three flights, which spent around Rs 27,108 per person.
According to government data, the cost of a standard Ice exile flight costs around $ 8,500 per flight hour, but former ICE officials say the actual cost of international flights is around $ 17,000 per hour. In contrast, the C-17 aircraft designed for heavy cargo and military transport is operated at $ 28,500 per flight hour, as reported by the US Transportation Command.
Long distance from the airspace of Mexico covered
In addition, the C-17 aircraft traveled long distances, escaping from Mexican airs, which increased the flight time for Central and South America. Some Latin American countries, including Mexico, refused to allow American military aircraft to land and instead either exile from commercial aircraft or used their own aircraft.