US EditionUS deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say
Immigration advocates report a 41% rise in deportation flights since 2024, with airlines obscuring flight details using dummy call signs and tail number blocks, activists say.
- Immigration advocates track and publicize record-high US deportation flights under President Trump despite airlines' attempts to obfuscate flight information.
- Morgan Cartwright, an immigration advocate, tracked 1,214 deportation flights in July 2025, operated mainly by three airlines: GlobalX, Eastern Air Express and Avelo Airlines.
- Cartwright's group, Witness at the Border, handed over flight monitoring to Human Rights First due to the demanding workload of tracking the increasing number of deportation flights.
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Deportation flights hit record highs but become harder to track: Report
Immigration advocates say airlines are making it more difficult to monitor U.S. deportation flights by using “dummy” call signs and blocking aircraft tail numbers from public tracking websites. The report comes as deportation flights have reached record highs under President Donald Trump, according to flight monitors. Until recently, advocacy groups say they could follow the flights on websites such as FlightRadar24 and FlightAware. Now, many of…
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US deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide the planes, advocates say
Immigration advocates gather like clockwork outside Seattle’s King County International Airport to witness deportation flights and spread word of where they are going and how many people are aboard. Until recently, they could keep track of the flights using publicly accessible websites.
Deportation flights hit record highs as carriers try to hide planes, advocates say
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation flights reach record highs, the airlines running the trips have taken steps to make it more difficult to track the planes, according to independent groups monitoring the flights.
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