President Donald Trump’s initial steps toward executing his promised tough-on-immigration plans featured a highly visible role for the military and federal agents in tactical gear, a show of force that the administration has touted on social media.
Military aircraft flew migrants back to numerous countries, a move that sparked some international pushback. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted photos on social media of a line of people behind a military plane and wrote, “Deportation flights have begun.”
The White House account posted a video on social media last week of what appears to be the Marine Corps operating Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and trucks along the U.S.-Mexico border with the message “Promise Made –> Promise KEPT!”
