(CNN) – David Padilla is one of the 135 Mexican nationals who arrived on a flight from El Paso to Mexico City. It’s a scene repeated three times a week, year round.

This is ICE Air, an airline funded by the U.S. government and run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It is a fleet of commercial planes that fly undocumented immigrants out of the United States. Each deported passenger costs U.S. taxpayers an average of $2,000.

Padilla said, “It’s just so hard. They just pull you away. You can’t even say bye to anybody. So hard.”

Padilla was separated from his two young daughters in early March when immigration officials pulled him over on his way to work and took him into custody. He blames President Trump.

Padilla said, “If I would’ve been pulled over the day that it happened, without Trump being in office, I think I would’ve been able to go home.”

On the ICE Air flight back, the flight-deportees are provided a meal. They’re also handcuffed. Upon arrival, they carry a take-home bag with water, snacks, and paperwork, along with personal belongings.

There are those like Guadalupe Figueroa. ICE confirmed her criminal record consists only of deportations. She flew into Mexico City on an ICE Air flight. She said she is not a dangerous criminal, and can’t understand why she has been separated from her two children in the United States.

Padilla noted, “They don’t treat you like a human.”

Padilla, who claims ICE cut off his shoelaces, said none of it is enough to keep him from his family in the U.S.