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Hidden in plain sight: Richmond International Airport is ICE deportation flight hub, according to human rights organization

Hidden in plain sight, behind the Richmond Jet Center and less than a mile from the Richmond International Airport terminal, throngs of shackled people have been loaded onto airplanes with no attributed owner about 80 separate times so far this year.

,   and  Dina Weinstein, Community Vitality Reporter
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Men in shackles leaving unmarked vans stand in line as they are frisked on their way to board an unmarked flight at the Richmond International Airport in front of the Richmond Jet Center Sept. 17, 2025. A Human Rights First report listed RIC as an ICE flight deportation hub. (Dina Weinstein/Henrico Citizen)
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,   and  Dina Weinstein, Community Vitality Reporter