White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday the first flights of undocumented immigrants from the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba were underway—following an escalation of arrests across the country as part of what President Donald Trump has promised would be the “largest deportation operation” in U.S. history.

White House officials said Tuesday that the government has begun flying migrants intended for deportation to Guantanamo Bay as a temporary stop. Two flights left from Fort Bliss, Texas, to Guantanamo Bay,

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