Gillian Brockell
@gbrockell.bsky.social
I track ICE flights, and I write about the history of American slavery. Sounds like two different things, but they're not really. Former WaPo, words in Zeteo, Rolling Stone.
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Here's a terrific commentary from Liberian scholar @robtelneajai.bsky.social comparing Liberia's history as a refuge for Black Americans with today's deal-making over human beings.
www.liberianobserver.com/opinion/comm...
www.liberianobserver.com/opinion/comm...
Founded as a refuge from US racism, Liberia must not help enforce it now
Read about Liberia's history of offering refuge to Black migrants fleeing racism in the US. Now faced with hosting deportees, the country navigates political pressures and human rights violations.
www.liberianobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here's a terrific commentary from Liberian scholar @robtelneajai.bsky.social comparing Liberia's history as a refuge for Black Americans with today's deal-making over human beings.
www.liberianobserver.com/opinion/comm...
www.liberianobserver.com/opinion/comm...
I’m about to be one of them, my friend
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I’m about to be one of them, my friend
Gah, thank you!
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Gah, thank you!
Exactly. And I doubt it was the guards, they like to stay as far from the migrant passengers as possible.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Exactly. And I doubt it was the guards, they like to stay as far from the migrant passengers as possible.
They are required to. A lot more details on what these flights are like here: www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
They are required to. A lot more details on what these flights are like here: www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Just add all these to the long list of reasons why ICE flights are unsafe and a disaster waiting to happen.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just add all these to the long list of reasons why ICE flights are unsafe and a disaster waiting to happen.
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Last, exit row passengers also must be briefed by flight attendants during the boarding process on their possible duties in the event of an emergency.
But flight attendants on ICE flights aren't allowed to talk to migrant passengers! So how can they do that????
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But flight attendants on ICE flights aren't allowed to talk to migrant passengers! So how can they do that????
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Last, exit row passengers also must be briefed by flight attendants during the boarding process on their possible duties in the event of an emergency.
But flight attendants on ICE flights aren't allowed to talk to migrant passengers! So how can they do that????
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But flight attendants on ICE flights aren't allowed to talk to migrant passengers! So how can they do that????
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Next, exit row passengers must speak English. That may sound unfair, but it's because emergency instructions from flight attendants are in English.
Now, plenty of migrants in ICE custody speak English, but the chances of incorrect seating are certainly higher.
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Now, plenty of migrants in ICE custody speak English, but the chances of incorrect seating are certainly higher.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Next, exit row passengers must speak English. That may sound unfair, but it's because emergency instructions from flight attendants are in English.
Now, plenty of migrants in ICE custody speak English, but the chances of incorrect seating are certainly higher.
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Now, plenty of migrants in ICE custody speak English, but the chances of incorrect seating are certainly higher.
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Passengers in exit rows must be able-bodied, capable of lifting the 30-pound emergency exit window and throwing it outside.
Here is the 737 emergency exit window -- how can a person in handcuffs, which are attached to a waist chain, reach those two handles? They cannot.
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Here is the 737 emergency exit window -- how can a person in handcuffs, which are attached to a waist chain, reach those two handles? They cannot.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Passengers in exit rows must be able-bodied, capable of lifting the 30-pound emergency exit window and throwing it outside.
Here is the 737 emergency exit window -- how can a person in handcuffs, which are attached to a waist chain, reach those two handles? They cannot.
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Here is the 737 emergency exit window -- how can a person in handcuffs, which are attached to a waist chain, reach those two handles? They cannot.
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A woman delivering the mail thanked me for doing ICE watch on Friday. Someone who works at the hospital stepped out for a cigarette in the snow this morning, asked me about my whistle and gratefully took a zine and whistle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A woman delivering the mail thanked me for doing ICE watch on Friday. Someone who works at the hospital stepped out for a cigarette in the snow this morning, asked me about my whistle and gratefully took a zine and whistle.
Wait is losing three defensive players in one play bad 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Wait is losing three defensive players in one play bad 🫠