Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract

 Interview with Umme Hoque, an organizer with Defend and Recruit, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Avelo Airlines is the only known commercial carrier that is operating deportation flights from the U.S. under contract with Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. One of its commercial passenger hubs is in New Haven, Connecticut, where it has grown from a few flights to as many as 14 per day, mostly to the Southeast and Puerto Rico.

• The Coalition to Stop Avelo
• Defend and Recruit
• Immigrant Rights Advocacy Group: Siembra NC
• "Activists Are Fighting Tax Subsidies for Airline Running ICE Deportation Flights By Umme Hoque," Truthout, May 15, 2025