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Hundreds of migrants in the United States were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on military aircraft as the White House said President Donald Trump’s promised deportation operation had started. The crackdown came as Trump prepared to head on Friday to California and North Carolina, where natural disasters have turned into political footballs, in his first trip since his return to office. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more.