
With Witness at the Border. @witnessborder . Immigration Activist. Retired Financial Service Exec - JPMorgan.
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👀✈️ NEW! September 2026. Monthly ICE Air report including the tracking, analysis, and reporting of 66,000+ ICE flights since January 2020. In September: record 331 deportations plus 1,274 domestic flights shuffling people to and between detention and staging centers. Noting the great analysis of the geographic expansion to many more cities herein. cdn.sanity.io/files/1e7vpawz…
Ice Air Alexandria > Miami > Guantanamo > Havana… 0 at GTMO on the 26th, 10 after flight on 27th, and 0 after today’s flight.
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Pèp ayisyen,
Nou prèske fin deplwaye sòlda nou yo ak ekipman nou yo sou tè Ayiti. Sa a se pa yon operasyon kont pèp ayisyen an, ni yon envazyon peyi Ayiti. Nou pa yon gwo pisans. Nou pa gen okenn enterè ni pou nou vin domine pèp ayisyen an, ni pou nou mete men sou richès Ayiti.
Nou se yon peyi modès k ap devlope. Sèl sa nou vle, se pou kat teknisyen avyasyon nou yo tounen lakay yo. Epi n ap bay gang yo yon leson, gang sa yo k ap fè pèp ayisyen an soufri, ki touye moun pèp la renmen yo, k ap anpeche l viv yon lavi nòmal, lib, san laperèz.
Se prèske nou menm sèl k ap peye pou operasyon sa a. Menmsi nou resevwa yon ti èd lojistik nan men kèk lòt peyi, se ak pwòp ti kès nou n ap kouvri 90% nan depans yo.
Sa koute nou chè, men nou te aprann nan pwòp soufrans nou: jistis ak lapè pa gen pri. Nou te pase nan menm soufrans Ayiti ap travèse jodi a. Nou te viv yon beny san ki te pi terib toujou pase sa pèp ayisyen an ap sibi kounye a. Nou konnen sa sa vle di: viv nan laperèz, pa fè politisyen konfyans, pa kwè okenn moun ki pwomèt l ap ede w. Paske pèsonn pa t vin ede nou, e moun ki te vini yo pa t gen bon entansyon nan kè yo.
Men nou te rive chape anba sa. Apre 200 lane soufrans, finalman n ap viv nan lapè, e jodi a nou se peyi ki gen plis sekirite sou kontinan an.
Nou pa vin ann Ayiti pou nou touche lajan, paske pèsonn pa peye nou pou sa. Nou vin ann Ayiti pou nou goumen kont mechan yo.
Men sa m ap mande nou: fè nou konfyans, lapriyè sèl vrè Bondye a, epi mande L pou L geri Ayiti.
“Lè sa a si pèp ki pote non m lan lapriyè nan pye m, si yo soumèt devan mwen, si yo pran chache m ankò, si yo vire do bay vye peche yo t'ap fè yo, m'ap tande yo nan syèl kote m ye a, m'ap padonnen peche yo, m'ap fè peyi a kanpe ankò.”
2 Kwonik 7:14
Ede nou ede Ayiti.
Epi lè misyon nou an fini, n ap tounen lakay nou. Petèt jenerasyon Ayisyen k ap vini yo ap sonje nou kòm zanmi ki te vin ede yon lè.
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Bukele says that his government is paying for 90% of the expenses related to the deployment, while showing not just thousands of troops but helicopters and armored vehicles.
Pèp ayisyen,
Nou prèske fin deplwaye sòlda nou yo ak ekipman nou yo sou tè Ayiti. Sa a se pa yon operasyon kont pèp ayisyen an, ni yon envazyon peyi Ayiti. Nou pa yon gwo pisans. Nou pa gen okenn enterè ni pou nou vin domine pèp ayisyen an, ni pou nou mete men sou richès Ayiti.
Nou se yon peyi modès k ap devlope. Sèl sa nou vle, se pou kat teknisyen avyasyon nou yo tounen lakay yo. Epi n ap bay gang yo yon leson, gang sa yo k ap fè pèp ayisyen an soufri, ki touye moun pèp la renmen yo, k ap anpeche l viv yon lavi nòmal, lib, san laperèz.
Se prèske nou menm sèl k ap peye pou operasyon sa a. Menmsi nou resevwa yon ti èd lojistik nan men kèk lòt peyi, se ak pwòp ti kès nou n ap kouvri 90% nan depans yo.
Sa koute nou chè, men nou te aprann nan pwòp soufrans nou: jistis ak lapè pa gen pri. Nou te pase nan menm soufrans Ayiti ap travèse jodi a. Nou te viv yon beny san ki te pi terib toujou pase sa pèp ayisyen an ap sibi kounye a. Nou konnen sa sa vle di: viv nan laperèz, pa fè politisyen konfyans, pa kwè okenn moun ki pwomèt l ap ede w. Paske pèsonn pa t vin ede nou, e moun ki te vini yo pa t gen bon entansyon nan kè yo.
Men nou te rive chape anba sa. Apre 200 lane soufrans, finalman n ap viv nan lapè, e jodi a nou se peyi ki gen plis sekirite sou kontinan an.
Nou pa vin ann Ayiti pou nou touche lajan, paske pèsonn pa peye nou pou sa. Nou vin ann Ayiti pou nou goumen kont mechan yo.
Men sa m ap mande nou: fè nou konfyans, lapriyè sèl vrè Bondye a, epi mande L pou L geri Ayiti.
“Lè sa a si pèp ki pote non m lan lapriyè nan pye m, si yo soumèt devan mwen, si yo pran chache m ankò, si yo vire do bay vye peche yo t'ap fè yo, m'ap tande yo nan syèl kote m ye a, m'ap padonnen peche yo, m'ap fè peyi a kanpe ankò.”
2 Kwonik 7:14
Ede nou ede Ayiti.
Epi lè misyon nou an fini, n ap tounen lakay nou. Petèt jenerasyon Ayisyen k ap vini yo ap sonje nou kòm zanmi ki te vin ede yon lè.
Really interesting information here on ICE Air carriers
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A small (14-seat) ICE Air jet that originated in Mesa, AZ yesterday, with a stop in Puerto Rico, conducted deportation stops in Conakry, Guinea & Accra, Ghana early this morning.
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An ICE Air flight (Velux23) just departed Alexandria, LA for Cap-Haitien, Haiti at 9:50 am local time. It’s set to arrive there at 1:44 pm local time. Removal flights to Haiti have been occurring weekly on Thursdays since Aug. 20.
A DHS ICE Air plane out of the hanger with the first ICE flight. No one, certainly not DHS, has ever presented a fact-based analysis proving that buying planes was nothing but a waste of taxpayer money.
‼️✈️It appears the US can expedite some entry paperwork when it suits people like Bolsonaro. But it will not for people like Ahmed Soliman who was ordered returned from his illegal deportation to Central African Republic. I believe this may be his escape route. Read up in time. Miami this morning. We’ll see.
It was Miami. washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Some very deep analysis of third country removals here.
(1/3) CBS 60 Minutes investigates how Trump’s third country removal policy is forcing people back to the countries they fled, despite being granted protection by U.S. immigration judges. cbsnews.com/video/60-minutes…
Very good coverage of a horrible policy of deportations to Haiti.
In Tuesday’s paper:
‘Not a safe place’: Deported Haitians face violence, uncertainty bit.ly/3WPpxSs
Deportation of Afghans possible. Just awful even to think it could happen. Follow @ICEFlightM for real time tracking. Thanks @afghanevac and @shawnjvandiver for all your advocacy and work.
We are actively monitoring for any potential removal flights carrying Afghan nationals, per @BLaw
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
$7 Billion - open.substack.com/pub/projec…
Very much worth watching if you missed the episode tonight on @60Minutes about the the Admin’s abhorrent third country removal practice. cbsnews.com/news/how-some-de…
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s Leading Opposition Figure, Returns Home nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world…














