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Flight attendants on deportation flights describe dangerous and dehumanizing conditions on 'ICE Air'

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The Trump administration has mounted a public relations blitz promoting its use of military planes to deport people, but almost all of the more than 250 "removal" flights this year have used private charter flights.

Former employees of one charter company say they weren’t told how to help shackled detainees in an emergency and were discouraged from assisting or even acknowledging migrants on their flights.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with McKenzie Funk, reporter for ProPublica.

This segment aired on April 1, 2025.

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