Thread by @thcartwright

1/9 🧵 683 ICE Air flight legs in Oct. 3rd highest month in 22 months since starting to document in Jan 2020. Only behind August, 695 and September, 766. Last 3 months at 2,144 highest 3 months since documenting. witnessattheborder.org/posts/11721-2

2/9 In Oct, 139 removal flights, the second highest in 22 months following 192 in Sept. Adding 43 lateral flights (effectively removal flights) bumps up to 182. Below 232 (including lateral) in Sept, but 50 over prior high.

3/9 Since President Biden's inauguration, 4,547 likely ICE Air flights, of which 739 were removals. Adding 313 lateral flights jumps to 1,052. The 683 flights in Oct was 33% over pre-Biden Nov/Dec average. Almost 70% of removal flights…

4/9 …are directly linked to T42 expulsions flights to Guatemala (37), Haiti (21), Villahermosa MX (20), Tapachula MX (15). Some flights to Guatemala may be non-T42 related. ICE will not disclose, but most seem to be T42.

5/9 Adding Honduras (12) and El Salvador (11) brings to 85% of removal flights. Haiti, at 21, is down from 58 in Sept (57 from 19 Sept). With 2 more in Nov, a total of 80 since 19 Sept, and 116 likely since Biden Inauguration.

6/9 Estimating 8,500 Haitians expelled since 19 Sept, and around 11,000 since inauguration. Since T42 direct flights to Guatemala started in September there have been 71 flights, 37 in Oct, compared to 15 the prior 2-month period.

7/9 Since T42 flights began to southern Mexico in Aug there have been 113 total flights to Tapachula and Villahermosa (35 in Oct), expelling an estimated 10,000+. In Oct, 43 lateral flights across US border, with a significant increase from Yuma with 22 departures compared to…

8/9 … 1 in Sept, reflecting shift of encounters from RGV, with laterals down 10. Since lateral flights started in March there have been 313 flights moving an estimated 31,000 people across the border to be expelled.

9/9 In Oct, Mexico operated a likely total of 14 deportation flights to Guatemala(4), Honduras (7), and El Salvador (3), in addition to 20 internal flights to Tapachula.

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