An airline based in Texas A long-term agreement has been signed with the immigration control and law enforcement agencies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for deportation.
Starting from May, Avelo Airlines, Based in Houston, sharing with Fox News Digital Numbers, they will have three planes flying out of Arizona’s Mesa Gatway Airport (Aza) to “support the department’s deportation efforts.”
A spokesman for the airline said the plane will include three 737-800s, with domestic and foreign flights starting on May 12.
“We realize this is a sensitive and complex topic. After much deliberation, we determined that this charter flight will allow us to steadily continue to expand our core booked passenger service and to hire more than 1,100 of our crew members in the coming years,” Andrew Levy, founder and CEO of Avelo Airlines, said in a statement.
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Avelo Airlines’ signing deals with ICE to “support the department’s deportation efforts” (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
The airline said it will also open a base in AZA and with Avelo pilots, flight attendants and aircraft technicians, as well as appropriate local leaders.
“We hope to start hiring these positions locally right away. The current Avelo Crewmembers (employees) will have the first option to move to our new Aza base,” the airline said.
The airline has released a job description for flight attendants interested in flying on deportation flights, noting that they are looking for “vibrant, aggressive” flight attendants who will support deportation.
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Avelo Airlines said it will conduct deportation flights at Mesa Gateway Airport starting in May. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
“This opportunity is a charter plan for the Department of Homeland Security. Flights will be travel at home and abroad to support the DHS’ deportation efforts,” the list reads.
According to the listing report, wages start at $28 per hour.
Fox News Digital contacted ICE and the Department of Homeland Security but did not hear it immediately.
According to one New York Post The report quotes Department of Homeland Security officials.
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President Donald Trump and Colombia immigrants were deported. (Jim Watson/AFP, left and the Colombian government.)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol officials both arrested about 113,000 people and made arrests north of “100,000 deportations.”
“He is doing what he is being voted for. An ice source told the media.
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The deportation was because the Trump administration also reduced the number of illegal border crossings to record lows.
The latest American customs and Border protection (CBP) figures show that in March, the southwestern border had the lowest number of transits, with only 7,180 recorded.
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Venezuelan immigrants passed through Honduras through ladders after deportation from Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Raguaila, Venezuela on February 20, 2025. (Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
Trump reviewed the deportation of immigrants as federal judges claiming the flights could have violated federal court orders.
The question is whether the government intends to violate an emergency order from U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg, which temporarily blocks deportation and requires anyone returning to U.S. soil to be removed under hundreds of years of law. Flights carrying immigrants, including those deported under the Alien Enemy Act of 1798, still landed in El Salvador that night.
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Boasberg issued an emergency order at the center of controversial and complex cases, saying he intends to find out if the government intentionally violated them and who should be held liable.
The Alien Enemy Act was adopted in 1798 and was used only three times in American history – during the War of 1812 and the two World Wars, modern applications of the Trump administration were rare legal action.
Trump officials argued that in order to expel dangerous people, including members of the Tren de Alagua gang, they flew to El Salvador under the administration’s new deportation policy.
Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, Breanne Deppisch and Bill Melugin contributed to the report.
Stepheny Price is a writer at Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, state crime cases, illegal immigration and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
