Shocking reports are speaking about Donald Trump’s administration and how they might not have thought through the process of deportation too well.
Using military aircraft for deportation flights is costing much more while at the same time, it’s moving out fewer migrants than lower-cost commercial charter flights.
Flying military cargo planes with just 80 people on board can cost anywhere between $4000 per person to Guatemala from El Paso as per a recent analysis carried out by the El Paso Times using flight tracking software data.
Another similar contract charter deportation flights from El Paso costs taxpayers a whopping $1169 per person to Guatemala. So the calculations are based on just 80 people on the removal flights through charters that usually carry between 120 to 125 migrants.
Lawmakers are breaking the silence on the matter and condemning the high costs involved for President Trump and his long list of military deportations.
This is an abuse of the money of taxpayers and their resources. It’s a clear violation of the public trust, explained one US rep Veronica Escobar. She further shared how there were cheaper alternatives but to not engage in them means betraying taxpayers on more than one occasion.