HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Protesters lined up outside Richmond International Airport (RIC) Saturday morning demanding a stop in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights at their local airfield.
So far this year, 128 detainee flights have passed through Richmond, according to ICE Flight Tracker, which is run by a human rights organization.
“I don’t think that Richmonders are going to be happy with knowing our airport is being used to shuffle detainees from place to place,” said Paul Fleisher, one of the event organizers and a member of RVA Indivisible…