Trump Deploys Military Force to Launch Migrant Crackdown

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By Alicia A. Caldwell and Myles Miller

January 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM UTC

Updated on

January 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump is bringing his own form of brash showmanship to immigration policy.

Long done in the shadows, Trump’s administration is releasing photos and videos of authorities herding migrants onto C-17s, military planes typically used to transport troops. They’ve detailed arrests of alleged criminals, touted statistics on how many people they’ve detained and barred flights of refugees en route to the US.