US EditionHundreds of Federal Air Marshals sent to guard Trump’s ICE flights: report
- Roughly 200 Federal Air Marshals have been reassigned to assist with deportation flights, according to reports from CNN.
- The Air Marshals' involvement in various tasks, such as providing security for deportation flights, has sparked controversy, with complaints regarding potential impacts on aviation security, as noted by the Air Marshal National Council.
- The TSA affirmed that the Marshals' duties on deportation flights do not affect their responsibilities for domestic and international air travel safety, as claimed by government documents obtained by CNN.
- The Air Marshals union supports the reassignment, while the Air Marshal National Council argues that it distracts from their core function.
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U.S. Air Marshals Now Serve Food, Check For Lice On ICE Flights
Feeling safer yet? Approximately 200 Federal Air Marshals have reportedly been reassigned from their usual duties protecting the U.S. transit system to assist with deportation flights alongside Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Via The Independent: The Marshals, the main law enforcement arm of the Transportation Security Administration, better known for missions like protecting U.S. commercial flights, are instead carrying out tasks on deport…
President Donald Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history, and his administration has turned to government-wide employees to meet its goal of expelling a million undocumented immigrants a year. That now includes, for the first time, the use of Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) agents to guard some of the thousands of deportation flights operated by the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) this y…
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The Independent (US)Hundreds of Federal Air Marshals sent to guard Trump’s ICE flights: report
Marshals are reportedly split on whether they support the new mission
Air Marshals are being pulled from commercial flights to ‘serve sandwiches and check lice’ on ICE deportation flights
A lobby group that advocates for Air Marshals has sent the Department of Homeland Security a cease and desist letter to stop the reassignments.
Frustrated Federal Air Marshals Working ICE Deportation Flights
Under the Trump administration, we’ve seen a significant increase in the number of deportation flights being operated. I’ve written before about the logistics of these, as they’re largely operated by private airlines. They’re quite unpleasant for flight attendants, as the reality of working these flights is different than what they signed up for when they pursued this career. There’s another interesting angle to this, as there’s a group of gover…
Air Marshals Shift to Deportation Duty
Roughly 200 Federal Air Marshals, traditionally charged with safeguarding commercial air travel, are now reportedly assigned to ICE deportation flights, according to a CNN report published Thursday. According to CNN, the deployment began in June, with marshals serving on chartered flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to transport detainees both domestically and internationally. Sources told the outlet that marshals on IC…
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