EXCLUSIVE-U.S. Democratic lawmaker asks Pentagon watchdog to probe if deportation flight broke law
WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - A top Democratic lawmaker has asked the Pentagon's Inspector General's office to investigate whether the U.S. military broke the law when it deported 17 migrants to El Salvador at the end of March without any U.S. government civilians on board.
"We understand there were no personnel from the Department of Homeland Security on this flight ... contrary to longstanding DOD policy and practice," Senator Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday.
The Inspector General's office doesn't typically comment on what investigations it has granted but officials say such requests are taken seriously, particularly when they come from such a senior lawmaker.
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