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Pedro Camacho

Activists Say Airlines Are Hiding Deportation Flight Data as ICE Flights Reach Record Levels

Rodolfo Gonzalez-Murillo rides aboard a jet chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take him and other undocumented immigrants to the U.S. border to be deported on May 25, 2010 (Credit: Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Immigrant rights groups say airlines are increasingly obscuring deportation flight data as the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights has reached record levels under the Trump administration, a new Associated Press investigation has revealed.

Activists who monitor deportation flights report that airlines have begun using false call signs and blocking aircraft tail numbers from public tracking websites, making it harder to follow flights carrying deportees.

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