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DAYTONA BEACH — About 70 people gathered near the Daytona Beach International Airport Saturday morning to protest Avelo Airlines’ decision to provide charter flights to deport immigrants in a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The low-cost, Texas-based airline signed an agreement to dedicate three of its 20 planes to carry out deportation flights. Andrew Levy, the airline's founder and CEO, issued a statement that said the decision was about finances.
"After significant deliberations, we determined this charter flying will provide us with the (financial) stability to continue expanding our core scheduled passenger service and keep our more than 1,100 crew members employed for years to come."
Avelo provides twice-weekly nonstop flights from Daytona Beach International Airport to New Haven, Connecticut, on a year-round basis, as well as to Wilmington, Delaware/Philadelphia on a seasonal basis. The airline recently announced plans to cut service to Concord, North Carolina, and Hartford, Connecticut.
Indivisible Flagler, whose mission is to "elect progressive leaders and rebuild our democracy,” according to its Facebook page, led the effort at Daytona’s weekend rally.
Vicky Haley, organizer of Saturday’s protest, said the event had been in the works for two weeks with the goal of bringing attention to Avelo Airlines’ deal with ICE and other issues.
Other protests across the country against the airline have taken place over the past few weeks.
“You are trafficking human lives,” she said. “Deportation is when someone has due process, and then they are sent back to their country, where they came from. But when people are scooped up off the streets, by men in ski masks and plain clothes with no identification, put on planes and sent to a prison in El Salvador, that is not deporting.”
Ryan Harley, another protester at the rally, called Levy’s statement “ridiculous.”
“They shouldn’t put profits over people,” Harley said. “If that’s their reasoning, then they need to find a better business plan than just shipping people to foreign countries and putting them in prisons.”
Port Orange recently signed such an agreement.
Haley mentioned she is “keeping an eye” on the Flagler Sheriff's Office's recent decision to provide 100 beds in the county jail for individuals detained for immigration-related offenses.
“We want to be very careful and keep a watchful eye that these people in these beds are not thrown away from Avelo out of Daytona," Haley said.
Linda Deguenther, a longtime Ormond Beach resident, said the U.S. Constitution is “being trampled upon” with the federal government’s charter flight deportations to El Salvador's CECOT maximum-security prison.
“Anyone who flees a country where their life is at stake and crosses our border should be entitled to due process,” Deguenther said. “That doesn't mean they get to stay here, but they do get to go before a judge, in a court of law, and plead their case.”
Harley said the local agreements with ICE are “outrageous.”
“That is basically setting up a situation for (racial) profiling,” Harley said. “It seems like they are trying to keep their deportation numbers and just trying to send anybody out of the country, so they can count those as illegal immigrants, and they don’t even know if they are.”
Wow, what a bunch of sore losers.
The low-cost, Texas-based airline signed an agreement to dedicate three of its 20 planes to carry out deportation flights. Andrew Levy, the airline's founder and CEO, issued a statement that said the decision was about finances.
"After significant deliberations, we determined this charter flying will provide us with the (financial) stability to continue expanding our core scheduled passenger service and keep our more than 1,100 crew members employed for years to come."
Avelo provides twice-weekly nonstop flights from Daytona Beach International Airport to New Haven, Connecticut, on a year-round basis, as well as to Wilmington, Delaware/Philadelphia on a seasonal basis. The airline recently announced plans to cut service to Concord, North Carolina, and Hartford, Connecticut.
'Stop Deportation Rally'
The protest took place at the intersection of International Speedway Boulevard and Midway Avenue. The sign-waving group also expressed opposition to local law enforcement agencies partnering with ICE and a lack of due process for deported immigrants.Indivisible Flagler, whose mission is to "elect progressive leaders and rebuild our democracy,” according to its Facebook page, led the effort at Daytona’s weekend rally.
Vicky Haley, organizer of Saturday’s protest, said the event had been in the works for two weeks with the goal of bringing attention to Avelo Airlines’ deal with ICE and other issues.
Other protests across the country against the airline have taken place over the past few weeks.
‘Find other ways to make money’
Haley said the company should “find other ways to make money.”
“You are trafficking human lives,” she said. “Deportation is when someone has due process, and then they are sent back to their country, where they came from. But when people are scooped up off the streets, by men in ski masks and plain clothes with no identification, put on planes and sent to a prison in El Salvador, that is not deporting.”
Ryan Harley, another protester at the rally, called Levy’s statement “ridiculous.”
“They shouldn’t put profits over people,” Harley said. “If that’s their reasoning, then they need to find a better business plan than just shipping people to foreign countries and putting them in prisons.”
Local law enforcement assisting ICE
Haley also said she is concerned about a recent law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis directing all 67 sheriff's offices in Florida, including Volusia and Flagler counties, to enter into 287(g) agreements with ICE to train and delegate certain immigration enforcement duties to local officers.Port Orange recently signed such an agreement.
Haley mentioned she is “keeping an eye” on the Flagler Sheriff's Office's recent decision to provide 100 beds in the county jail for individuals detained for immigration-related offenses.
“We want to be very careful and keep a watchful eye that these people in these beds are not thrown away from Avelo out of Daytona," Haley said.
Linda Deguenther, a longtime Ormond Beach resident, said the U.S. Constitution is “being trampled upon” with the federal government’s charter flight deportations to El Salvador's CECOT maximum-security prison.
“Anyone who flees a country where their life is at stake and crosses our border should be entitled to due process,” Deguenther said. “That doesn't mean they get to stay here, but they do get to go before a judge, in a court of law, and plead their case.”
Harley said the local agreements with ICE are “outrageous.”
“That is basically setting up a situation for (racial) profiling,” Harley said. “It seems like they are trying to keep their deportation numbers and just trying to send anybody out of the country, so they can count those as illegal immigrants, and they don’t even know if they are.”
Locals protest deportation agreement between ICE and Avelo Airlines at Daytona airport
Approximately 70 people gathered to criticize the airline's recent agreement with the federal agency, as well as other immigration policies.
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Wow, what a bunch of sore losers.
Trump explains what “total victory” looks like in his trade war…
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“President Donald Trump said high tariffs could be here to stay and he’d declare “total victory” if import taxes were as high as 50% a year from now, according to an interview with Time released Friday.”
That’s the benchmark for “total victory.”
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That’s the benchmark for “total victory.”
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Trump outlines what ‘total victory’ looks like in his trade war. It’ll cost you | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said high tariffs could be here to stay and he’d declare “total victory” if import taxes were as high as 50% a year from now, according to an interview with Time released Friday.
