Connecticut's attorney general is warning Avelo Airlines about jeopardizing tax incentives due to its involvement in deportation flights for ICE. After signing an agreement to allocate three planes for this purpose, concerns from flight attendants regarding passenger safety and treatment have surfaced. Additionally, Connecticut lawmakers support expanding sanctuary laws to penalize airlines like Avelo that collaborate with federal immigration authorities. The controversy underscores growing tensions around immigration enforcement and the ethics of airline involvement in deportation processes.
"Can Avelo confirm that it will never operate flights while non-violent passengers are in shackles, handcuffs, waist chains and/or leg irons?" Tong's April 8 letter asks.
Democrats in the Connecticut legislature are working to expand the state's sanctuary law to penalize companies like Avelo for working with federal immigration authorities.
Texas-based Avelo signed an agreement to dedicate three planes to deportation flights as part of the charter network known as ICE Air.
Flight attendants' unease over the treatment and safety of detainees on such flights raises significant ethical concerns about Avelo's operations.
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