Akron-Canton Airport has been used for ICE deportation flights since April, according to media partner, the Akron Beacon Journal, sparking protests from nearly 200 community members.
Planes operated by Eastern Air Express have been landing at Akron-Canton Airport since April 20, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. The planes pick up people in restraints who arrive on prison buses or in unmarked vans, then fly to other airports near federal detention facilities.
“This has been happening since April in our backyard, we knew nothing about this,” Whitney Williams said…