Nationwide protests target Houston-based Avelo Airlines for ICE deportation flights

The Brief

  • Houston-based Avelo Airlines signed an agreement in April to fly federal deportation flights for ICE.
  • A National Day of Action was held on Friday and Saturday against the airline.
  • Protesters in Houston gathered outside the company headquarters.

HOUSTON Immigrant advocates across the country held a National Day of Action to target a Houston-based airline that agreed to fly deportation flights.

‘Stop Avelo’ Houston protest

What we know:

Stop Avelo protests were held on Friday and Saturday in cities in New York, Florida, Oregon, California, and more.

A protest was also held in Houston on Saturday outside the Avelo Airlines headquarters on Greenway Plaza.

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