ICE Uses Celebrity Privacy Program to Conceal Deportation Flight Records
By
JKCalhoun
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a little-known Federal Aviation Administration program originally designed for celebrities to protect their private jet flight records from public scrutiny. The program, which has been used by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg, is now being utilized by ICE to hide information about deportation flights, making it difficult for the public and journalists to track the agency's activities.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor years, the country’s rich and famous have used a little-known Federal Aviation Administration program to shield their private jets’ flight records from public view
Now this decades-old program has a new client: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
the agency carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies
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