SEVEN countries so far have agreed to take back illegal migrants deported under President Donald Trump, having been in office for just over a fortnight. The Republican has proven to be successful in turning the screw on countries to meet his demands for a major crackdown on immigration. The Pentagon has started providing more flights to deport over a whopping 5,000 immigrants held by US authorities in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego, California.

And while flights were still happening under Biden, the crackdown from Trump has seen deals being made with nations at rapid speed. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is frequently relied upon for tactical and strategic airlift missions - but has now become a mode of transport for taking deportees out of the country. US Border Patrol Special Operations Supervisor Hamid Nikseresht said that using the plane delivers a strong message to illegal migrants.

He told Fox News: "With the support of our Department of Defense partners, we’re sending the message that if it takes you 30, 60 or 90 days in some cases, to come to the United States illegally, enter, once you’re found amenable to removal under Title 8, we can have you back in your home country within seven hours.". While Mexico refused to allow US military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the country's National Guard.

This came after Trump shelved his punishing tariff plans for 30 days for Canada and Mexico in a last-gasp deal. Colombia caved and accepted the return of its own illegal immigrants after Trump threatened to hit the South American nation with tariffs and sanctions. Trump had planned to slap a 25 per cent tariff on Colombian imports - and revoke the visas of government officials. The row came after Colombia stopped two US military aircraft packed with their own citizens from landing in the country.

Just two hours after Trump's threat, Bogota did a U-turn and agreed to accept migrants with the White House then dropping the threat. Defiant Don later posted a computer-generated image of him standing beside a sign reading FAFO - which usually stands for "f**k around, find out". Bogota soon sent two military planes on Monday equipped with medical staff on board to fetch its nationals in the cities of San Diego and Houston.

The first military flight to land in the capital Bogotá reportedly had a whopping 110 Colombians deemed illegal by ICE onboard, according to El Meridiano. Trump's second deportee flight reportedly included 95 Colombian nationals onboard. Trump is to send deportees from the US of any nationality to El Salvador, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States. In the "extraordinary" offer from President Nayib Bukele, some of the most dangerous thugs residing comfortably in US jail's will be flown over to El Salvador to serve their time.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that Bukele agreed to the migratory agreement that will see US deportees of any nationality locked up. Rubio gloated that Bukele agreed to the most "unprecedented, extraordinary, migratory agreement anywhere in the world" following tense talks at his lakeside country house just outside of San Salvador. He added that the Salvadoran president even "offered to do the same" for some of America's most dangerous criminals currently locked up in the US - despite being US citizens or legal residents.

Rubio was visiting El Salvador on Monday to turn screws on the country to meet Trump's demands for a major crackdown on immigration. Bukele confirmed the offer in a post on X, explaining that his country would only accept convicted criminals and would charge the US a "relatively low" fee. Bukele agreed to take back blood-thirsty Salvadoran MS-13 gang members residing in the US unlawfully, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce explained in a statement.

She added that the Salvadoran president also "promised to accept and incarcerate violent illegal immigrants, including members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, but also criminal illegal migrants from any country". In regards to the country also accepting to lock up dangerous American criminals, Bruce dubbed it as an "extraordinary gesture never before extended by any country". El Salvador is renowned for its brutal jails, especially the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre mega-prison which houses some of the country's most violent gangsters.

The farthest destination of the Trump administration's flights for migrants is India, as a US military plane deported migrants to India on Monday. A US official who spoke anonymously confirmed the C-17 aircraft had departed for India with migrants aboard in another crackdown on illegal immigration. Trump invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week a mere few hours after the plane departed.