Military aircraft are no longer being used to transport illegal immigrants to the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba or their home countries, according to defense officials.

President Donald Trump has made mass deportations of illegal immigrants the centerpiece of his second term. But The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the administration has discovered that using military aircraft to transport them is too expensive and inefficient.

Officials who spoke with the Journal said that the last military deportation flight occurred on March 1, and the Pentagon said Tuesday that no deportation flights were scheduled for the next 48 hours. According to a defense official, a flight scheduled for Thursday was canceled and it’s unknown if or when the pause will be lifted.

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