The U.S. government conducted its first large-scale flight since 2018 to remove multiple Chinese nationals ineligible to remain in the country.
The Department of Homeland Security announced on July 2 that its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency carried out the removal flight over the weekend, in coordination with authorities in the Chinese regime.
The charter flight carried 116 Chinese nationals back to their home country.
The DHS said the flight is one of more than 120 it has chartered to more than 20 different countries since June 4, when President Joe Biden issued new executive actions that pauses asylum eligibility once illegal crossing numbers reach more than 2.500 per day over seven consecutive days.