An airline based in Texas has made a long-term deal with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration Control and Enforcement office to run flights for people who are being deported.
As of May, Avelo Airlines, whose main office is in Houston, told Fox News Digital that three of their planes will be flying out of Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) in Arizona to “support the department’s deportation efforts.”
Three 737-800s will be among the planes, according to a company spokesperson. Flights between the US and other countries will start on May 12.
“This is a chance for the Department of Homeland Security to start a charter program.” “Flights will go both within the United States and to other countries to help DHS with deportations,” the post says.
The ad says that pay starts at $28 an hour.
Fox News Digital tried to get in touch with ICE and Homeland Security but didn’t hear back right away.
The Trump government has sent back more than 100,000 illegal immigrants in the 11 weeks since January 20, when President Trump took office. A Department of Homeland Security official told the New York Post about this.
The New York Post reported that ICE and Border Patrol agents have arrested about 113,000 people and sent “north of” 100,000 people back to their home countries.
“That’s what people chose him to do. This is it!” an ICE source told the news site.
Tom Homan, who is in charge of the border, has promised to remove criminal illegal immigrants, especially those who are a threat to national security. However, it’s not clear how many of those deported had broken the law while they were in the U.S.
At the same time that the Trump administration is deporting people, the number of people crossing the border illegally has reached an all-time low.
New data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows that only 7,180 people crossed the southwest border in March, which was the lowest number ever seen.
A federal judge has said that Trump may have broken a federal court order with the deportation planes for migrants. This has caused a lot of attention on Trump.
The question is whether the government intentionally broke U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s emergency order, which stopped the deportations temporarily and said that anyone sent away under a law that dates back hundreds of years had to be brought back to the U.S. “immediately.” That same night, flights bringing migrants, including people sent back because of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, still landed in El Salvador.
Boasberg gave the emergency orders that are at the centre of the complicated and controversial case. He has said that he will find out if the administration intentionally broke them and if so, who should be held responsible.
The Alien Enemies Act was passed in 1798 and has only been used three times in American history: during the War of 1812 and both world wars. The Trump administration’s use of the act today is a very unusual legal move.
Trump administration officials have said that using the law is important to get rid of dangerous people, such as alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang who were flown to El Salvador as part of the new deportation policy.
