President Donald Trump may use military flights to deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week.
The flights could take off as soon as Wednesday, although the official schedule is still in flux, Reuters reported.
It was unclear how many migrants would be sent or which nationalities would qualify for removal to northern Africa.
When asked about the report on Wednesday in the Oval Office Trump responded: ‘I don’t know, you’ll have to ask Homeland Security.’
The new front in Trump’s deportation war highlights the expansive purview of the White House’s efforts to send migrants in the U.S. to far-flung corners of the world.