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According to a report by 12 News, three carriers have provided roughly 80% of charter deportation flights for the ICE department: Avelo Airlines, Eastern Express,and GlobalX. The 12 News story refers to activist Tom Cartwright, who personally tracked 5,962 flights from the beginning of President Donald Trump's second administration through July.
Cartwright, a retired JP Morgan financial officer, counted 68 Military flights among his numbers as well. Those aircraft mostly went to Guantanamo Bay. He recorded a 41% overall increase of 1,721 deportation flights compared to the same period in 2024.