Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.

Mexico refused to accept a US deportation flight on Thursday as President Trump dramatically beefed up security at the border and ordered mass raids and deportations of illegal immigrants throughout the country since he reclaimed the White House,

Mexico reportedly refused to accept a US deportation flight Thursday. The neighbouring country denied the US military plane access to land, sources told NBC News. Meanwhile, Reuters cited a US official and a Mexican official as saying that Mexico refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a US military aircraft to land in the country with migrants being deported by his administration.