The cost of deportation flights under Trump's administration has sparked controversy, with military flights priced significantly higher than commercial options.

As tents went up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to hold migrants, attorneys at the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon were still trying to determine whether it was legal to take the unprecedented step of flying migrants from the US southern border to the facility,

The president authorized the military to assist in deportations. The planes triggered a crisis between the United States and Colombia, and prompted questions. Here’s what to know.

The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants.

President Donald Trump's administration is flying detained migrants to Latin American countries, but online claims that an image shows hundreds of people crammed inside one such aircraft are false. The photo dates to 2021 and shows a US Air Force flight evacuating people from Afghanistan after Taliban insurgents retook power.

Military planes are being used for deportations to expedite the process quickly and efficiently, with little concern for costs, as part of Donald Trump's national emergency on illegal immigration.