A new report from the group Human Rights First shows the number of ICE deportation flights continued to rise last month — including in Arizona.
Human Rights First tracks the number of ICE flights out of airports across the country each month — including those using commercial carriers like Avelo Airlines. The budget airline began operating flights for ICE out of the Mesa airport last year, then stopped the service at the end of January.
Nonetheless, the latest report shows February was another busy month. More than 1,600 deportation and transfer flights took off nationwide — including a record 1,170 flights between detention centers, or roughly 42 a day.
Phoenix was among the top four cities where multiple shuttle flights were taking off each day and was also the site of the second removal flight this year for Palestinians.
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More than 350,000 Haitians are living and working legally in the U.S. under the status — which is available to nationals from countries deemed unsafe to return to because of war, natural disasters or other crises. -
The department did not release a list of names of the people it says are family, business or personal acquaintances of people associated with the drug cartel. -
The analysis uses government data, spanning asylum and refugee admissions to work visas and international students. -
In a letter to new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Gallego and Kelly say they’re writing to follow up on an original request from February — in which they asked the agency for more details about plans for a warehouse facility in surprise, and an old jail in Marana, just outside Tucson. -
State Sen. John Kavanagh said there already are laws that make it a crime to physically obstruct police who are trying to make an arrest. What's needed, he said, is something to criminalize those who obstruct police by warning those police are seeking.
