Protestors Rally Against Avelo Airlines in July 2025 for the Third Consecutive Month at Albany Int’l Airport
Reporting by the Albany Times Union
In May 2025 and again this past June, scores of Capital Region residents rallied outside of Albany International Airport to draw attention to Avelo Airlines. The floundering budget airline contracted with the Trump Administration earlier this spring to conduct deportation flights on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a desperate attempt to remain financially viable. Since that time, Avelo has participated in the removal of countless American residents who have been abducted by ICE from our streets, courthouses, farm fields and restaurant kitchens. At a time when more individuals are imprisoned by ICE and the Department of Homeland Security than at any time in American history, Avelo has become an integral and indispensable part of ICE’s immoral and unconstitutional attacks upon our local communities.
On Saturday, July 26, Capital Region residents once again returned to Albany International Airport to draw attention to Avelo's complicity with Trump’s deportation machine and to call for an end to Avelo’s facilitation of ICE’s rendition campaign. We call on concerned individuals of all political stripes to join with us and make their voices heard in opposition to the ongoing assault on our friends, families and neighbors.
We also call upon County Executive Dan McCoy, the Board of the Albany County Airport Authority and the members of the Albany County Legislature to put an end to Avelo’s presence at Albany International Airport. While the people of the Capital Region, including a number of statewide officials, have been unequivocal in their opposition to the inhumane acts of ICE and Avelo, the elected and appointed leaders of Albany County have been conspicuously silent on the issue. It is time for County officials to tell their constituents where they stand; in defense of our vulnerable local communities, or in collusion with the violence and deprivation of constitutional rights being perpetrated by ICE and Avelo Airlines?