5/28/20

By Karla Rader Barber

DEATH FLIGHTS – 28 May 2020 (please share for transparency)

Another relatively slow day, 9 flights today – 2 Deportations Jamaica and Grenada, with 1 connection. 6 Shuffle flights in the US.

-As we watch for patterns, we note that Thursday is typically a slower day; only one regular route is flown. The route; Miami, FL (MIA) to Columbus, GA (CSG) to Alexandra, LA (AEX) to Brownsville, TX(BRO) to Miami, FL (MIA). This route is flown every Thursday, no variation and never skipped. Who are they moving and why? Avoiding a judges order in Miami? Spreading the coronavirus to Georgia, Louisiana and Texas?

-We saw the number of coronavirus deaths in the US pass the 100,000 mark this week. This does not cause ICE to pause. They just keep going, business as usual, despite being in the midst of a global pandemic.

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

- ALEXANDRIA TO JAMAICA – 1

- JAMAICA TO GRENADA – 1

- GRENADA TO PUERTO RICO – 1

- MIAMI TO COLUMBUS – 2

- COLUMBUS TO ALEXANDRIA – 2

- ALEXANDRIA TO BROWNSVILLE – 2

- BROWNSVILLE TO MIAMI – 2

- PHOENIX-MESA TO ALEXANDRIA – 3

- ALEXANDRIA TO EL PASO – 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.