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

"ICE is doing everything it can to make it as difficult as possible to distinguish government activity from commercial activity," said a source interviewed by The Associated Press

Latin Times · Aug 31, 2025

California Lawmaker Introduces Bill Requiring ICE to Notify Families of Detainee Transfers After 18-Year-Old Is Taken Across The Country

At the time of his arrest, the Department of Homeland Security described Benjamin Guerrero-Cruz as an "illegal alien from Chile" who had "overstayed his visa by more than two years." He is currently facing deportation, according to ICE.

Latin Times · Aug 30, 2025

US deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights reach record highs, the airlines running the trips have taken steps to make it more difficult to track the planes used to carry shackled people across the country and around the world

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

US program is leaving asylum seekers stranded in Mexico, advocates say

Border agents promise better chance of asylum for those agreeing to go to Mexico and apply there, then strands them with no access

The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2023