6/3/20
By Tom Cartwright
9 DEATH FLIGHTS – 3 June 2020
TODAY WAS A SLOWER DAY IN TOTAL FOLLOWING THE 29 FLIGHTS YESTERDAY, BUT STILL THERE WERE 2 DEPORTATION FLIGHTS.
- 2 DEPORTATIONS – HONDURAS (2)
- 2 DEPORTATION RETURNS
- 5 FLIGHTS SHUFFLING PEOPLE AROUND DETENTION CENTERS.
Ø Yesterday, as noted in the daily post, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing “Examining Best Practices in Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19)”. Witness at the Border submitted a statement for the hearing record and it was accepted. The statement included our recent analysis reports of ICE Air flights.
Ø Swift Air (ICE Air) is back in the Casino transport business for Ceasars Palace now that some casinos are opening. We are starting to see some flights. Planes that fly detainees and deportees who came here looking for safety and security of the most basic nature with their dreams now shattered are now also carrying those born, for the most part, into the American dream and looking for more.
Ø The detainee population fell 489 this week to 25,421, the smallest drop in at least the last 2 months. Book ins in May were only 7,134 as a result of the shut-down of the border (and the legal right to asylum). Weekly in the year they were 22,000/month.
NEW REPORTING FROM ICE This WEEK –THEY HAVE STARTED TO REPORT THOSE IN ISOLATION AND BEING MONITORED. ICE UPDATED LATE SO THIS IS TWO DAYS. As of June 2.
Ø 1,579 detainees have tested positive for COVID, up 118 from 5/31. 3,092 have been tested, up 311 from 5/31. 51% of those tested have been positive for COVID.
Ø 813 detainees are in isolation or are being monitored, up 59 from 5/31. That is 3.2 % of detainees reported today 25,421.
Here are the flights for today. The number behind the leg indicates a single individual planes path. The series of flights beginning in Alexandria is a regular Wednesday route.
- PHOENIX to HONDURAS – 1
- HONDURAS to PHOENIX – 1
- ALEXANDRIA (LA) to MINNEAPOLIS – 2
- MINNEAPOLIS to OHAHA – 2
- OMAHA to KANSAS CITY – 2
- KANSAS CITY to BROWNSVILLE – 2
- BROWNSVILLE to ALEXANDRIA (LA) – 2
- SAN ANTONIO to HONDURAS – 3
- HONDURAS to SAN ANTONIO - 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.