President Donald Trump’s administration is pausing military deportation flights and rethinking its use of Guantánamo Bay as a migrant detention center after realizing the financial and logistical toll involved.

President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants residing in the United States, but so far, the pace of deportations has held steady compared to last year,

Military planes, including C-17 and C-130 aircraft, were used for deportations as part of the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Since January, around 30 flights have been conducted using C-17s, and about a dozen with C-130s, transporting migrants to destinations including India.

A Journal analysis found that military flights came at higher cost to taxpayers that the government’s typical deportation flights on civilian aircraft.

"The Trump administration's stated goals to detain and deport undocumented immigrants on a large scale have met the on-the-ground realities of limited personnel and resources," explains CNN

According to The Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump administration has halted the use of military aircraft to deport illegal migrants in US, citing high costs and inefficiency. The last military deportation flight took place on March 1,

The Trump administration has suspended costly military deportation and transfer flights. The pause comes after WSJ reporting on the inefficient and costly nature of the flights.

A Defense Department source says the Pentagon has not received a request for military aircraft since Saturday, March 1.