Since April, ICE reportedly began using “dummy” call signs and unlisted tail numbers to evade detection on commercial flight tracking platforms.
SEATTLE — A new report by La Resistencia, a Washington-based immigrant rights organization, reveals a sharp increase in deportation flights coordinated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and operated by private charter airlines under federal contract.
According to the report, 42 ICE Air flights operated through Boeing Field between January and June 2025. During that time, at least 1,342 individuals departed from the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma for deportation or transfer, while 913 others arrived at the facility via ICE flights. The report
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