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Spotting a hidden ICE flight

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The Trump administration is making it harder to locate detainee flights. CNN’s René Marsh tracked one plane as it flew across the US.

Breakdown
  • More than 30 handcuffed detainees were observed boarding an ICE flight in Richmond, Virginia.
  • ICE flights often block their tail numbers, limiting public tracking and transparency. 27s
  • CNN tracked a specific flight using crowdsourced radio signal databases and flight path analysis. 54s
  • The number of ICE transfer flights increased by 90 percent over the previous year, according to an immigrant rights group. 3m 1s
  • The Department of Homeland Security has allocated $14.4 billion for ICE flights, with Louisiana serving as a major deportation hub. 3m 15s
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