A US airline faces backlash as it begins deportation flights | Migration

Avelo Airlines, a Texas-based budget carrier, is facing backlash from both customers and employees over its decision to operate deportation flights under a new contract with the Trump administration. Avelo, which has been struggling financially, signed a contract with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month to transport migrants to detention centres…

Lawyers for US Mayor Ras Baraka argue he was targeted for arrest at protest | Donald Trump News

Baraka’s defence team say they will file a motion to dismiss trespassing charges pursued by the Trump administration. Lawyers in the United States have said they will file a motion to dismiss trespassing charges directed at Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, following his arrest during a protest at an immigrant detention centre in New Jersey. During…