Saturday, August 23, 2025

ICE Constantly Using Coast Guard Planes to Move Immigrants

President Donald Trump's deportation henchmen appear to have dramatically increased the use of Coast Guard aircraft to transport immigrants, according to flight data, activist flight trackers and video confirmation. Since June 23, the majority of flights operated by the Coast Guard C-27J Spartan fleet -- at least 263 flights -- are likely to have been for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), transferring immigrants to and from ICE's nexus of detention centers in Alexandria, La., Harlingen, Texas, and the Florida Everglades camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz," according to an analysis of public flight data.

Comments

I'M SURE ALL THIS IS LEGAL /s

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-08-23 03:42 PM

We are spending all of this money to fly people around the country, and for what?

Someone picked up by ICE to be deported should simply be taken to the nearest major airport and sent on their way.

I saw this happen at work one night, it was pre 9/11 so there was no ICE back then. CBP showed up in two black SUVs, the floor man called whoever it was into the office. They let him grab his jacket and took him to Dulles for the next flight to I believe it was Dominican Republic.

What's the actual logistics need for camps?

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-23 04:05 PM

#2: fraguru.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-23 04:20 PM

What's the actual logistics need for camps?

Bulk shipping rates.

#4 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2025-08-23 05:09 PM

Figures that Trump would come up with a way to drag the most peaceful, useful and maybe honorable military branch down into the muck. Everything Trump touches turns to shit.

#5 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-08-23 06:17 PM

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