Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: NBC News

IMMIGRATION
Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight

The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump's unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico's assistance.

Jan. 24, 2025, 5:01 PM EST
By Courtney Kube and Jonathan Allen

WASHINGTON -- Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration's plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation.

Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the sources said. The third flight, slotted for Mexico, never took off.

A White House spokesperson did not reply to a text message seeking comment on Mexico's stance.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/mexico-refuses-accept-us-deportation-flight-rcna189182

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2025/01/mexico-refuses-to-allow-deportation-flight-to-land/

Mexico Refuses To Allow Deportation Flight To Land
January 24, 2025

[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[dweller]

2. boom

Where to land now ?


✌🏻

[DBoon]

3. somewhere in The Twighlight Zone?

[the nelm]

46. Mar-a-Lago or the closest airport to it. n/t

[Lovie777]

13. Bermuda Triangle......

[johnnyfins]

19. Greenland?

Panama?

[3Hotdogs]

72. There ain't no room to land a plane on the Panama Canal.

But Greenland! It use'ta be ours until some shithole country stole it from us. That's it, land the fuckin' plane on Greenland.

Besides, only a real estate developer would'a given it that name. Have you seen pictures of the fuckin' place? Take two steps out'a town and you freeze to death.

[defacto7]

23. If they had landed without permission

the aircraft would probably have been impounded and the crew would have been bused back to the states.

Hmm??

[kelly1mm]

51. The flight never took off. Back to the cages for the detainees. nt

[Justice matters.]

55. You mean, the Concentration Camps? nt

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

59. Yes.

[kelly1mm]

63. Yep. Pretty much. This is not exactly the 'win' it is being portrayed as. nt

[Sneederbunk]

92. Might be a coupla holes in TSF's plan.

[kerouac2]

4. This is interesting...

What to do. Seems like you can't just fly into other countries, land and drop random people off.

[aurora the great]

6. Mexico Gooooal!

Yeah, I mean, who would'a thunk it?

[Buddyzbuddy]

5. Way to go. Take the wins where you can get them.

They should close down their side of the border , to keep out the deplorables. Temporarily, to make a point.

[kelly1mm]

52. How is this a 'win'? The detainees will be going back to their cages, apparently indefinitely. nt

[cadoman]

57. depends on where they are released

Maybe Mexico will force them to deplane and then send them back home to the United States?

[kelly1mm]

64. The plane never took off. They are headed straight back to the cage they were held in before. Indefinitely. nt

[Buddyzbuddy]

61. Sometimes you need the little wins in order not

to feel hopeless. This is a win because Mexico pushed back on a country led by a tyrant. Winning small battles can motivate and even lead to big wins. Just ask Ukraine.
Mexico and it's people have a history of celebrating the small victories. I understand your point and concern. Anything that can gum up the works is a good thing. By not being able to transport, space will become limited, if space is limited, arrests must become selective. WE DON'T WANT THE PROCESS TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY.
Who else is telling Diaper Don NO?

[kelly1mm]

65. TX has offered 100's of acres for detention camps. No doubt they will be filled while government on both side play

games. Not so sure the detainees will benefit but go ahead and take the 'little win'

Additionally, with the tariff threat the US has significant leverage over Mexico (and Canada) as both of them are much smaller economies significantly more dependent on the USA than the USA is on them. It is not that the USA will not suffer in a trade war. It is that Mexico/Canada will suffer 10X.

[Buddyzbuddy]

68. I guess Mexico should do nothing, along with Canada

and just accept the losses as they come. So much for resistance. At the mention of 100s of acres offered are we to assume those facilities are up and running? The circumstances of the detainees are absolutely unfortunate and inhumane and I wouldn't dare to guess their thoughts at this time. What I do know is nobody should acquiesce to Diaper Don, Rat Face Miller or anybody else in that administration based on their threats. That's how bullies win.
"Project 2025" is meant to scare people into compliance. They're counting on weakness, low morale and fear, to control the masses. Perfect examples, Putin, Orban and Hitler.
Yeah, I'll take any wins we can get. It's better than the alternative. BTW, we includes anybody against this administration.
As for the tariffs, sure, Mexico and Canada will feel pain, unnecessarily I might add, but the pain American consumers will feel will be self inflicted and will bear reflection in the stock market. What a bunch of dopes.

[wnylib]

85. It's a dilemma. Enable a fascist dictator by cooperating with him?

Or refuse to enable him, but end up putting his victims in greater danger from him?

[happy feet]

89. I'll take the latter

Sorry for victims, but this is what the country voted for and Dems shouldn’t rescue Repubs from their crap as we’ve done in the past - we never get credit, only blamed let Repubs stew in their own juices with their supporters.

[wnylib]

90. However, leaving migrants and asylum seekers to rot in

concentration camps will not make Republicans and their supporters stew in their own juice. They will get funds to run private prisons for the people they round up and will hire MAGAs as guards. MAGA companies will get government contracts to provide food, water, and other necessities, but the prisoners will receive half of what they actually need after the contractors skim off the top.

Mexico will not be hurt by refusing to accept the deportees. The US fascists will not be hurt by keeping people imprisoned in the US. The people in the prisons will be hurt. Some will die.

[Nittersing]

7. Geez... what about the people on board? Did they eat? Where do they sleep tonight?

I mean I get why they refused to allow the plane to land...

[Lulu KC]

32. My thought, too

Those poor people.

[Marthe48]

53. I wondered too

pawns

[MichMan]

60. It never took off n/t

[JMCKUSICK]

8. How sweet would it be if all other countries denied access to

any US deportation flight

[PortTack]

45. I think they given time

[PatSeg]

75. We need the world to unite against this monster

[William769]

9. WTG Mexico!

[blueseas]

10. This is going to be interesting

[kskiska]

11. Maybe he'll dress them up as tourists

and send them to Puerto Vallarta or Acapulco.

[live love laugh]

17. lol

[Pachamama]

70. That would have been cheaper and easier

Crazy as it is - putting them on one way commercial flights would have cost less and been more humane.

But this is all about cruelty and show.

I am in Germany and they showed the film clips on evening news of the shackled deportees being loaded on the back of a plane.

That’s what the sadistic Felon wants to show the world. Secretly he is really wishing he could show what else he wants to do to them - or will be.

[in2herbs]

12. Why didn't they confirm they could land before they took off? What a waste of tax payer money. nt

[LeftInTX]

14. The one to Mexico never took off.

Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the sources said. The third flight, slotted for Mexico, never took off.

[Lovie777]

16. shithole musk administration gave monies...

To Guatemala.

[Comrade Citizen]

15. New photos, looks like women

[TommyT139]

37. I go to the grocery store

carrying more stuff than that.

[RandomNumbers]

81. Maybe they focus on women

because women can have babies? That would have birthright citizenship?

God, the TSF administration earns that word, SICK.

[Hope22]

18. Dear god can we get someone in charge who doesn't make us look like morons?

No offense to morons! Yea Mexico! Voice of reason!

[JHB]

26. Not for the next 4 years

At least, not unless the 2026 midterms are such an absolute blowout that we take control of both House and Senate by a big enough margin to impeach and remove both Trump and Vance, putting a Democratic Speaker into the WH.

I ain't holding my breath.

[bdamomma]

41. Too late

the rest of the is watching and seeing the demise of the US.

Our adversaries are watching with glee.

[sakabatou]

20. So now it's by bus or boat.

Either way, still cruel. Dump's residency is just plain cruel.

[orangecrush]

28. They can be stopped too.

[Elessar Zappa]

79. They'll just be put in detention camps here until Mexico agrees to accept them.

I don’t see this as a win in any way because they’ll be treated terribly in continued US custody.

[republianmushroom]

21. Thank you Mexico

[Irish_Dem]

22. The concept of mutual cooperation is foreign to Trump.

He thinks he gets much more from threats and bullying people.

[Ohioboy]

25. Trump and his idiots never think things through all the way

They're like 10 year olds playing.

[pdxflyboy]

27. This abominable administration....

Will find a SOLUTION. Just like the Wannsee Conference on Jan 20, 1942 did. God help us.

[70sEraVet]

29. Maybe tRump can hire American coyotes to smuggle detainees...

across the border into Mexico?
Maybe he can fly them across the Gulf of America ( ) in a sea plane and just deposit them on the beach?
And MAGAs are convinced the world will stop laughing at us.

[SHe-It]

30. You do understand what is going to happen next...

…right?

They are going to start making these flights more quietly, and they are going to start dumping these people in the ocean.

Mark my words.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

35. Not with military aircrews. NT

[RockCreek]

69. MAGA air crews...

Coming next. MAGA airplanes.

[Shipwack]

80. I wish I shared your optimism.

Military crews have had no qualms on slaughtering weddings in Afghanistan from helicopter and drones. Audio recordings show that they fully knew they were targeting civilians, but laughed through the slaughter. Nothing happened to them.

I’m ex-military. The same types of people are in there as in the civilian world. However, there probably are a greater percentage of bullies and psychopaths than in the civilian population, because those aren’t necessarily seen as bad qualities. Many of the “normal” people will just go with the flow. Yes, they’ll still be culpable and many will suffer mentally, but that will be of small comfort to those dead.

[C Moon]

31. Looks like those poor ladies are all handcuffed, too.

They probably all have family, friends, jobs, clothes, tvs, computers, etc

So fucked up. How can people vote Republican?

[ReRe]

39. I don't know why sane adults would vote for a man like this.

Did they all think he was just kidding when he said what he was going to do?

I think Republicans ought to be deported. Shame on every single one of them.

They are unAmerican.

[FailureToCommunicate]

42. Handcuffs AND leg irons!

[C Moon]

62. Wow! I didn't see that. Fuck! Poor people. Look at them sitting so dejected.

Fuck off republicans. Trash of the universe!

[OldBaldy1701E]

91. Yes.

I saw some images of women being loaded onto one of the aircraft, and they had chains around their waists and shackles.

So, I guess we are in the Middle Ages now.

I just hope beyond hope I get to see a number of the current administration get the same treatment. In most cases, they deserve it more than those people who were just looking for a better life.

[Dem4life1234]

88. People who vote Rethug are

Narcissistic hate filled scumbags. It's all about sticking it to the liberals, I mean "why can't I just hate others in peace?"

It's clear as day Rethug policies are inhumane.

[Rhiagel]

33. Operation FUBAR.

Such inhumane acts. Rounding people up like cattle for transport. What a disgrace and embarrassment.

[TommyT139]

34. $24,000 per flight hour

[mahatmakanejeeves]

36. Training. NT

[RainCaster]

38. I was hoping this would happen

Other countries need to push back on That Sick Fuck's hateful declarations. This is not what our military should be used for. The lack of agreement with these countries will be a real sticking point.

[FakeNoose]

40. Fly them to Mar-A-Lago

They can work as hotel staff and groundskeepers.

[chouchou]

43. LOL! Good one!

[milestogo]

47. This.

[bdamomma]

49. Huh

the felon has his own illegals working for him in Mar La Loco.

[PortTack]

44. I am sorry for the now refuges on that flight...no doubt they would get better treatment in Mexico than here, but

Mexico made it clear, they would take Mexicans no question. Others, maybe depending on the circumstances.

Anything that thwarts Tsf and his goons… GREAT!

[LauraInLA]

48. From the article (I don't think this was Mexico putting its foot down):

A White House official said in a text message that “the flights thing was an administrative issue and was quickly rectified.”

[ancianita]

50. I wonder why there's no information about what airbase the C-17's flew to Mexico from.

[LeftInTX]

58. The flight to Mexico was grounded preflight.

The C-17s flew to Guatemala.

[ancianita]

73. I don't care where they were going, Mexico or Guatemala, I want to know what US airbase they took off from.

[LeftInTX]

82. I believe yesterday flights were from Ft Bliss in El Paso

[ancianita]

83. Plausible. But those flights could've come from any airbase. It's just that the report didn't provided that info.

Probably because ICE doesn't want to be transparent about their activities.

What's an outrage it is that the US Air Force -- whose members top to bottom swear an oath to the US Constitution -- breaks its oath and obeys this lawless CiC in his unconstitutional abuse of the 13th and 14th Amendments.
We shouldn't be the nation most cruel in the world to refugees; we should be the most welcoming.
There's no excuse for christian nationalists and fake christians to ignore Jesus & pervert scripture and do the bidding of this ungodly dictator.

[LeftInTX]

84. C-17s were sent to Ft Bliss in El Paso and Camp Pendleton in San Diego

Snips:

The military mobilization, perhaps the most dramatic of Trump's border-related steps, involves 1,000 Army soldiers and 500 Marines who officials said are headed for El Paso and San Diego, Calif.

Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the deployment would include Air Force planes to deport migrants, as well as helicopters, flight crews and intelligence analysts to support increased detection and monitoring efforts along the border. It will be overseen by the Colorado-based Northern Command, which is responsible for defending the U.S. homeland.


UH-72 Lakota helicopters began flying this week along the border in support of CBP operations, the official said. The Pentagon's U.S. Transportation Command was positioning a total of four aircraft in El Paso and San Diego: two C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes and a pair of C-130 Hercules transports, which can carry troops, equipment and supplies. Drones are also being deployed.


https://www.expressnews.com/news/border-mexico/article/trump-border-military-deployment-texas-california-20051585.php

[Intractable]

54. Obviously they are protesting the name change of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

I say fuck 'em. Let's also change the name of New Mexico. That'll show 'em.

[tonekat]

56. Dotard is not used to hearing "No"

Hope he hears it a lot more.

[Norrrm]

66. Did Dotard claim that Mexico would pay for the flight?

... Lots of it.

[JohnnyRingo]

67. They all might need passports to enter Mexico now.

I don't see how Mexico is obligated to allow anyone Trump brings down into their country.

[B.See]

71. Can't ignore what those being used as pawns in Trump's campaign of HATE must be

going through, nor fail to acknowledge those who empowered this monster's cruelty (to immigrants and Americans ALIKE - may they one day rot in hell),

but we should also take note of the significance of an increasing number of America's allies who are telling this fk, NO.

So go right ahead, dotard. Keep pissing the rest of the world off. You may THINK we're an island.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

74. Elsewhere I just read that Mexico is welcoming back people setting up places for them to

be and get re-oriented to living there. That US is behaving in belligerent uncooperative manner is NOT good news. There is no "win" in this.

[bucolic_frolic]

76. No one should roll over

The world must resist at every opportunity

[twodogsbarking]

77. You can't land here gringo.

[MichMan]

78. How were deportations conducted last year?

They seemed to be effective
 

Deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement soared to a 10-year high in fiscal year 2024 under the Biden administration, surpassing the Trump-era high recorded in 2019, according to a government report released Thursday.

ICE deported more than 271,000 unauthorized immigrants in fiscal year 2024, the highest tally recorded by the agency since fiscal year 2014, when the Obama administration carried out 316,000 deportations. In fiscal year 2019, ICE reported 267,000 deportations, the peak under the Trump administration. Fiscal years start in October and end in September.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deportations-by-ice-10-year-high-in-2024-surpassing-trump-era-peak/

[Oneear]

86. What is the Budget for Planes that ICE is Renting?

It would be Nice to see this and then ask Rep Jason Smith, MO8 is Chair of House Ways & Means

[eringer]

87. Time for Other Latin American Countries to Follow Mexico's Lead

Are you listening Guatemala?