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Coalition Protests Avelo Airlines’ Cooperation With ICE

The airline is one of a dozen carriers who provide deportation flights under contract with the Department of Homeland Security.
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Coalition Protests Avelo Airlines’ Cooperation With ICE
An Avelo Airlines flight takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) enroute to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa (STS), on April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Scottie Barnes
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Activists in dozens of cities across the nation protested Avelo Airlines on May 31, demanding that it halt deportation flights it is conducting under a $150 million contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Air Operations.

A petition calling for a boycott collected more than 28,000 signatures.

Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes
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Scottie Barnes writes breaking news and investigative pieces for The Epoch Times from the Pacific Northwest. She has a background in researching the implications of public policy and emerging technologies on areas ranging from homeland security and national defense to forestry and urban planning.