Struggling commercial airline Avelo has turned to deportation flights. Even though the CEO admitted it’s a controversial choice, it’s ‘too valuable not to pursue’

Buses transporting migrants to board the the first deportation flight of undocumented Venezuelans after a US-Venezuelan settlement are seen as one other deportation aircraft headed to Central America is seen flying above them in Harlingen, Texas, on October 18, 2023.

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