Avelo Airlines launches 'long-term charter program' to help ICE's deportation efforts

Budget airline Avelo initiated a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to charter deportation flights beginning in May, as the Department of Homeland Security continues its effort to conduct mass deportations.

Just before President Donald Trump took office, his border czar, Tom Homan, estimated there were 1.3 million illegal immigrants who already had outstanding deportation orders. Homan promised that deportation efforts would entail daily flights out of the country.