US Deports Chinese Nationals in First Removal Flight to China Since 2018

Homeland Security says latest flight is one of more than 120 it has chartered to more than 20 countries since June 4.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent detains an illegal immigrant in a file photo. John Moore/Getty Images

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.