<![CDATA[Worst Airline Ever]]>Independent journalist Gillian Brockell and activist "JJ in DC" take you inside the hidden world of ICE Air, tell you why it is such a key part of ICE's deportation machine, and what you can do about it.

]]>patreon.com/worstairlineeverRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sun, 21 Jun 2026 02:29:00 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:24:13 GMT60Gillian Brockell + JJ in DC<p>Independent journalist Gillian Brockell and activist "JJ in DC" take you inside the hidden world of ICE Air, tell you why it is such a key part of ICE's deportation machine, and what you can do about it.</p>episodicGillian Brockell + JJ in DCgillianbrockell@gmail.comyes<![CDATA[Worst Airline Ever, Episode 1]]>Gillian and JJ introduce themselves, how they got into tracking ICE flights, and why ICE Air is so awful and plays such a crucial role in Trump's "deportation machine."

SHOW NOTES:

Tools

Habeas Flight Watch - https://lexingtonalarm.org/hfw-dashboard/

ICE Flight Monitor at Human Rights First, April 2026 Report - https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/ice-flight-monitor-april-2026-report/

ICE Air FAQ - https://gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-air/

Stories

Meet the ICE Contractor Running Deportation Flights, by Nick Schwellenbach, POGO https://www.pogo.org/investigates/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights

ICE Deportation Flights are Getting Longer and Crueler, by Gillian Brockell for Mother Jones - https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/

Inside ICE Air: What It's Like to Be a Deportation Flight Attendant, by McKenzie Funk, ProPublica - https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights

Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say, by Hamed Aleaziz & Megha Rajagopalan, NYT - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world/africa/deportations-central-african-republic-migrants-iran-women.html

Bill Gates Has A Link to ICE's Deportation Flights, by Matt Shuham, HuffPost - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-gates-trump-ice-signature-aviation_n_68acd96fe4b0d17ae21e7ec4

The Private Jet to Hell, One Year Later, by Gillian

https://gillianbrockell.com/the-private-jet-to-hell-one-year-later/

]]>437cd7cb-aa40-434a-8592-6a5356f72dbeTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:30:53 GMT<p>Gillian and JJ introduce themselves, how they got into tracking ICE flights, and why ICE Air is so awful and plays such a crucial role in Trump's "deportation machine."</p><p></p><p>SHOW NOTES:</p><p>Tools</p><p></p><p>Habeas Flight Watch - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lexingtonalarm.org/hfw-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://lexingtonalarm.org/hfw-dashboard/</a></p><p></p><p>ICE Flight Monitor at Human Rights First, April 2026 Report - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/ice-flight-monitor-april-2026-report/" target="_blank">https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/ice-flight-monitor-april-2026-report/</a></p><p></p><p>ICE Air FAQ - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-air/" target="_blank">https://gillianbrockell.com/what-is-ice-air/</a></p><p></p><p>Stories</p><p></p><p>Meet the ICE Contractor Running Deportation Flights, by Nick Schwellenbach, POGO <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.pogo.org/investigates/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights" target="_blank">https://www.pogo.org/investigates/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights</a></p><p></p><p>ICE Deportation Flights are Getting Longer and Crueler, by Gillian Brockell for Mother Jones - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/</a></p><p></p><p>Inside ICE Air: What It's Like to Be a Deportation Flight Attendant, by McKenzie Funk, ProPublica - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights</a></p><p></p><p>Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say, by Hamed Aleaziz &amp; Megha Rajagopalan, NYT - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world/africa/deportations-central-african-republic-migrants-iran-women.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world/africa/deportations-central-african-republic-migrants-iran-women.html</a></p><p></p><p>Bill Gates Has A Link to ICE's Deportation Flights, by Matt Shuham, HuffPost - <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-gates-trump-ice-signature-aviation_n_68acd96fe4b0d17ae21e7ec4" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-gates-trump-ice-signature-aviation_n_68acd96fe4b0d17ae21e7ec4</a></p><p></p><p>The Private Jet to Hell, One Year Later, by Gillian</p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://gillianbrockell.com/the-private-jet-to-hell-one-year-later/" target="_blank">https://gillianbrockell.com/the-private-jet-to-hell-one-year-later/</a></p>no00:54:26Worst Airline Ever, Episode 1full