We stopped Avelo “Abduction Airlines”!

So let’s keep going…

Avelo, a little known budget airline, was the carrier for ICE deportation flights. The company signed a contract with DHS and started making deportation flights. But thanks to tireless organizing of so many, Avelo announced in January 2025 that they would stop taking these flights. But we’re not stopping. There’s more to do to stop this horrific immigration regime.

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Why did Avelo initially take the contract? Avelo “Abduction Air” said it took the contract because of shaky finances – so let’s show them that there’s no profit in kidnapping.

What we did: To beat a corporation complicit in our horrific immigration regime, where legal residents are being taken off the streets, we made sure Avelo knew we wouldn’t fly on their planes; we worked to stop subsidies they were getting from city and state governments, and we campaigned to stop them from flying into our communities.

How we did it: We launched our campaign in May 2025, with tens of thousands of people taking action online and in the streets. This cross movement effort includes national organizations like Mijente, the Stop Avelo coalition, Indivisible, Jobs with Justice, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Unitarian Universalists and many faith and local groups, and so many others. Students, faith communities, retirees, and many others across the country forced our local officials to speak out, ended Avelo’s subsidies, and refused to fly Abduction Air. Read more about how we did it here.