U.S. military and police forces began the first deportation flights for illegal immigrants under President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown nationwide and particularly at the southern border.

The White House says deportation flights have begun. In Illinois, the Pritzker administration is conducting a “know-your-rights” campaign for foreign nationals in the country illegally. At an unrelated event Friday,

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.