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Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, ...
A small airline’s side business: Deportation flights for ICE
The Trump administration has used social media to put deportation flights on display. On Jan. 24, White House press secretary ...
Flight attendants on deportation planes voice concerns
Flight attendants received training in how to evacuate passengers but said they weren’t told how to usher out detainees whose ...
What airlines operate deportation flights? What travelers need to know.
Most chartered deportation flights are operated by companies that do not sell tickets commercially. The Associated Press reported that the deal between Avelo and DHS/ICE appears to be the only current ...
Avelo Airlines, which flies out of West Palm, connected to ICE deportation flights
Low-cost airline Avelo has signed an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to carry out deportation flights for ...
US airline partners with ICE in long-term deal to carry out deportation flights
An airline known for operating ultra-low cost flights out of smaller U.S. airports has signed an agreement with the U.S.
Low-cost airline shrinks routes in order to fulfill ICE contract
Founder of Avelo Airlines said the government contract will provide the company with ‘stability’ to continue flying ...
Airline signs deal with ICE, seeks 'energetic, highly motivated' flight attendants to 'support the department's deportation efforts'
Avelo Airlines signed an agreement to fly for ICE to "support the department's deportation efforts," the company told 12News.
This budget airline carrier to begin deportation flights from Mesa airport. What we know
Discount Avelo Airlines will begin operating deportation-related flights in May from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport as part of ...
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Thousands sign online petition to boycott Avelo Airlines over ICE deportation contract
"We demand that AVELO AIR halt plans to carry out deportation ... the company determined the contract to carry out ICE deportation flights would provide the airline with the "stability to continue ...
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Flight attendants on deportation flights describe dangerous and dehumanizing conditions on 'ICE Air'
Former employees of one charter company say they weren’t told how to help shackled detainees in an emergency and were discouraged from assisting or even acknowledging migrants on their flights.