About 100 people protested at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport on Sunday over a budget airline’s role in immigration deportations, according to our media partner, The Baltimore Banner.
Avelo Airlines, a Texas-based air carrier founded in 2021, has only two direct flights from BWI, according to the Banner.
According to CBS News, Avelo has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to operate deportation flights for U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
Protesters speak out against Avelo Airlines
According to the Banner, Sunday’s protest at BWI was organized by Doctors for Camp Closure, Ground ICE, and the Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America…