Airline at Center of Brazil Fiasco Key to Trump’s Deportations
- Chaotic flight sparked debate over treatment of migrants
- Global X Air is among charter companies contracted by ICE
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A young charter airline at the center of a backlash over mechanical issues is a key player in Donald Trump’s plan to deport millions of migrants.
Global Crossing Airlines Group Inc., known as Global X Air, is among the handful of contractors used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport foreign migrants. Its fleet of 18 Airbus planes, including the A319 and 320, have been spotted unloading deportees in Guatemala and Honduras — but it was a flight to Brazil on Jan. 24 that sparked a regional debate over the conditions migrants are transported in.