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Activists Call on Maryland to End State’s Contract on Avelo Airlines Responsible for Deportation Flights

HeadlineOct 27, 2025

In Maryland, hundreds of activists and Democratic state legislators rallied in Annapolis on Saturday, calling on Governor Wes Moore to end the state’s contract with Avelo Airlines, a private airline carrying out deportation flights. Avelo has cut several routes amid growing backlash and a nationwide boycott after it signed a $150 million contract with ICE earlier this year. Here’s Maryland state Senator Clarence Lam.

Sen. Clarence Lam: “When it comes to the state of Maryland, we have this airline that’s flying through BWI Airport that we don’t believe shares our values. And so, anything that we can do to shut down these ICE flights, many of which are probably illegal, as we’ve seen from Supreme Court determinations, that we want to do our part, and if we can stop Avelo from flying out of BWI, that would be all the better for our state.”

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