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Trump Uses Ohio Airports for ICE Deportation Flights

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump uses Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton airports in Ohio as hubs for ICE deportation flights.
  • ICE contracted 398 deportation flights at Youngstown-Warren last year and about 300 at Ohio airports in 2026.
  • On 28 September, an Eastern Air Express plane struck another aircraft’s stabilizer at Akron-Canton; no injuries were reported.
  • Protestor Erin Bracken-Sanchez said she saw buses of shackled Haitian nationals taken to the runway at Akron-Canton.