5/27/20

By Karla Rader Barber

DEATH FLIGHTS – 27 May 2020 (please share for transparency)

A slower day, 10 flights today – 2 Deportations to Honduras, with 1 connection. 2 Deportation returns. 5 Shuffle flights in US.

-As we watch for patterns, we note that Wednesday is typically a slower day; only one regular route is flown. The route; Alexandria, LA (AEX) to Minneapolis, MN (MSP) to Omaha, NE (OMA) to Kansas City, MO (MCI) to Alexandria, LA (AEX), is very consistent.

-The number of coronavirus deaths in the US passed 100,000 today. ICE does not appear to take any new knowledge of the virus into account; they just keep flying people around the United States and back to places where there will be suffering.

- The total number of detainees in ICE custody is now 25,911; down 750 from last week. Smallest weekly decrease in at least 2 months.

-There are 15 new cases of COVID-19 amongst the ICE detainee population. Total cases is 1327, total tested up 85 from yesterday. 51% of those tested have been positive.

Here are the flights for today. The number behind the leg indicates a single individual planes path.

- BROWNSVILLE TO HONDURAS – 1

- HONDURAS to BROWNSVILLE – 1

- ALEXANDRIA to MINNEAPOLIS – 2

- MINNEAPOLIS to OMAHA – 2

- OMAHA TO KANSAS CITY – 2

- KANSAS CITY TO BROWNSVILLE – 2

- BROWNSVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA – 2

- PHOENIX-MESA TO DALLAS – 3

- DALLAS TO HONDURAS – 3

- HONDURAS TO ?? – 3

Note: ICE Air does not disclose their flights. Flight listing gleaned from public flight information, knowledge of detention center locations, air charter services and historic patterns. In rare cases, there may be a flight we miss, or include in error.