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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Huge climate cost of emissions from US immigration enforcement flights

An illegal immigrant from El Salvador is searched on the tarmac prior to boarding an MD-80 aircraft for a repatriation flight of 80 immigrants to their home country.
A migrant from El Salvador is put on a plane in Phoenix for deportation to his home country. Photograph: Matt York/AP

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Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign has spurred at least an 80% increase in immigration flights year over year, accelerating the climate crisis by emitting massive amounts of carbon dioxide, according to data analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian.

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