The U.S. military's mission on the border is moving quickly as the White House and the Pentagon are making it a priority to publicize news about the mission.

The deportation flight was blocked from leaving the US after two Air Force C-17 flights, each carrying about 80 deportees to Guatemala, successfully took off Thursday night.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said early Friday morning deportation flights had begun, marking the first deportation flights using military aircraft since President Dwight Eisenhower was in office, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed U.S. official.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection used a military plane to deport dozens of people in the country illegally from Tucson to Guatemala.

The U.S. government has begun utilizing military aircraft to deport migrants, with the first flights departing from Biggs Army Air Field to Guatemala on Thursda

Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" in the U.S. were arrested and hundreds more flown out of the country on military aircraft, the White House said.

Mexico, Colombia and Brazil push back on Trump's deportation of migrants. He promises 25% tariffs, travel ban on Colombia.

Donald Trump claimed an early victory for a coercive foreign policy based on tariffs and hard power on Sunday after announcing Colombia had backed down in a dispute over migrant repatriation flights.

The arrangement, known as a "Safe Third Country" agreement, would empower U.S. immigration officials to deport non-Salvadoran migrants to El Salvador.

The administration has already ramped up deportations, using military flights to send migrants to Latin American countries