U.S. Resumes Sending Migrants Back by Plane
Ninety-four deported migrants arrived in Mexico City on the first flight of a renewed U.S. repatriation program aimed at discouraging repeated border crossings in desert areas.
Some pledged to try to cross again, but others said their border-crossing days were over.
Greeted by the government’s Grupo Beta migrant aid agency, the deportees were given box lunches and bus tickets to their hometowns, most of them in southern Mexico.
Washington plans 226 flights to Mexico City through Sept. 30 under an agreement with the Mexican government.
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