# [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]] Air > [!TLDR] Executive Summary > > [[ICE Air]] is the name for a network of airlines that the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] employs for deportation flights > [!LIST] [[ICE Air]] Members > - [[iAero Airways|Swift Air]] (Defunct, became, [[iAero Airways]] then was absorbed into [[Eastern Air Express]]) > - [[Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System]] > [!LIST] [[ICE Air]] Hubs > - [[Phoenix, AZ]] - HQ > - [[Brownsville, TX]] > - [[San Antonio, TX]] > - [[Miami, FL]] > - [[Alexandria, LA]] According to an audit conducted by the Inspector General, [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]] is paying an average of $8,400 per [[Flight Hour]] for [[ICE Air]] services. This cost is irregardless of the number of passengers on each flight. ## [[ICE Air]]’s Presence in [[Mesa, AZ]] Between October of [[2017]] and August of [[2018]] there ware more than 32k [[Immigrant]]s from [[Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport - AZA - KIWA]]. An overwhelming majority of these deportees were men with half being for non-criminal offenses. ## [[ICE Air]] and [[Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System]] [[Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System]] is the [[U.S. Marshals Service]]’s [[Airline]] used for Prisoner transport. It is the only [[US Airline]] that is fully operated by the [[United States Government|U.S. Government]] --- ## Workspace - Questions - - Theories - - Related Topics - - Potential Related Topics - - Potential Areas of Application - --- ## Sources 1. [[ICE Air flew more than 32k immigrants out of Mesa in less than 10 months - Research Notes]] --- ## Reference Created - [[2024-08-09]] Index - [[]] Uses - [[]] Last Edited - [] <!--- Template Utility Version: [0.4] Last Edited - [2021-11-06 15:17] --->