A Boeing 737 descends over West Texas on its approach to El Paso International Airport.

At first glance, the jet looks like any other commercial aircraft. But this plane appears freshly painted, bright white and without any logos on the body or tail. The flight also does not appear on public flight-tracking apps.

Scripps News drove to the airport as the plane landed and watched it taxi to a remote area away from the terminal, where mobile stairs were brought to the front door.

Minutes later, mostly men along with a few women stepped off the aircraft. All were wearing hand and ankle cuffs as they slowly walked down the stairs and boarded two white buses.

They are the latest group of immigrant detainees bound for the Camp East Montana detention center, dubbed Lone Star Lockup, on the gro

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