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- 1South Korea divided over serving airline meals to deportees▼In South Korea, plans to serve deportees airline meals splits officials
South Korean officials are split over a plan to serve airline-style meals to people being deported from the country. Supporters view it as a basic humane standard during removal flights, while critics question the cost and whether deportees should receive meals typically given to paying airline passengers. The disagreement has turned a routine administrative detail into a public debate over immigration treatment.
- 2Chicago Parking Meter Bidder Sells Deportation Airline●Firm Set to Buy Chicago’s Parking Meters Sells Airline That Carried Out Deportations
The firm in line to take over Chicago's parking meter system has sold off an airline that was used to carry out deportation flights. The sale links the city's controversial parking privatization deal to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations, drawing scrutiny from residents and officials already wary of long-term contracts that have cost the city hundreds of millions in penalties since 2008.
- 3Appeals court backs contempt inquiry over deportation flights▼Appeals court signals support for contempt inquiry on deportation flights
A federal appeals court has signalled support for a contempt inquiry into deportation flights carried out despite court orders. The development marks an escalation in the legal battle over the government's removal practices, with judges weighing whether officials defied explicit judicial directives. The case is being closely watched as a test of judicial authority over immigration enforcement.
- 4Migrants describe violent deportation flight to Africa●‘I’d rather die here than in Africa’: Migrants describe violent deportation flight
Deported migrants say they endured violence and abuse aboard a deportation flight to Africa, with one telling the Los Angeles Times, 'I'd rather die here than in Africa.' Their accounts describe forcible restraints and fearful conditions during removal, raising new questions about how deportation operations are carried out and the treatment of people being expelled from the United States.