ICE Air, One Way Tickets Only

Illegal immigrants get one-way trip home on ICE Air
By ERIC PALMER
The Kansas City Star
Illegal immigrants, shackled at the wrists and ankles, were searched last week before boarding an ICE Air flight at Kansas City International Airport. On international ICE Air flights, all nonviolent, noncriminal passengers have the chains removed.
The MD-80 that took off Friday from Kansas City International Airport carried about 120 passengers. Some were headed for Mexico, others to Central and South America.
Once off the ground, food and beverages would be served.
The flight was one of up to 180 flights flown each month by Kansas City’s only locally based airline. While most are to Central and South America, others are to such exotic locales as Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Palestine.
Yet most Kansas Citians will never get a seat on one of the flights — nor would want to.