We found ICE's single point of failure

 

We found the kill switch for ICE's deportation machine. Most people know ICE is running mass deportations under Trump. What almost no one knew until Dekleptocracy started digging? One company flies almost all of those flights, and ICE has no other option that is both capable and willing to supply this many planes. This is a single point of failure for the deportation machine.  It's GlobalX. We started tracking ICE Air operations. Flight patterns out of detention centers got cross-referenced with FAA tail number registrations. Contract databases that nobody bothers reading suddenly became very interesting. A 5-year contract worth $65 million per year emerged from the data. GlobalX isn't one airline among many that ICE calls when they need a plane. They are nearly the entire deportation air force for Trump's horrifying ICE operations. GlobalX operates 73% of all ICE deportation flights. DEFUND ICE’S AIR FORCE → Major carriers won't do what GlobalX does. They won't accommodate ICE's use of full-body restraints, including "the wrap" device that immobilizes people for entire flights, or allow ICE guards to control entire flights. No questions asked about who's being deported or where they're going. And ICE has no backup plan. More than 8,000 international students had their visas revoked in 2025. Many were deported on GlobalX flights — the same planes flying your basketball teams during March Madness. The vulnerability is their commercial business. NCAA charters. Corporate clients. Business they want to protect.  Thanks to you, we hired a researcher with donor funds to map exactly how deep those commercial ties go. There's your pressure point. What happens when the NCAA drops GlobalX? When universities refuse to put student athletes on the same planes deporting families?  GlobalX loses all commercial credibility outside of ICE work. HELP MAKE GLOBALX RADIOACTIVE → Last week, the NCAA quietly warned 350 member schools that charter flights for March Madness will be in short supply — because GlobalX planes are tied up running Trump's deportation machine. We're already making this expensive for them. And GlobalX is shielding its flight data to avoid detection by the researcher that you hired. We're working around that. Every mention of GlobalX gets tied to family separations. Every logo appearance becomes synonymous with Trump's mass deportations. Will GlobalX walk away from ICE money? Probably not. But operating as "the deportation airline" means no other revenue streams. When other companies see what happened to GlobalX, they think twice before signing up. That sends a message to every airline in America. Your money exposed GlobalX's entire network and helped us identify every commercial client they're trying to protect. Almost a million of you across the coalition have signed the letter to Athletic Directors.  Our Arsenal partnership putting pressure on the NCAA right now? Started with research your dollars paid for. Arsenal PAC is one of the most effective progressive pressure campaigns in the country. The GlobalX pressure campaign is already moving. Organizers from Maryland call us asking for training. Maine. Texas. They're done with protests that don't change anything. What they want from Dekleptocracy: how to actually dismantle deportation infrastructure. Donations keep our researchers uncovering new GlobalX contracts. It gives us time to actually train the organizers calling from across the nation. And coordinating with Arsenal means pressure hits from multiple directions at once. Chip in to pull the kill switch on ICE. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Express Donate: $10 Express Donate: $25 Express Donate: $50 Express Donate: $100 Express Donate: $250 Or, donate another amount We found the kill switch on ICE's deportation machine. Your support is what flips it. In solidarity, Kristofer Harrison President, Dekleptocracy Alliance DONATE TODAY           Dekleptocracy Alliance is a Texas based 501(c)(4) following the authoritarians’ money. We’re on a mission to protect democracy and the rule of law by providing critical research, analysis, and solutions to governments, businesses, civil society, and the public. Support our work and keep us independent: DONATE >> Paid for by The Dekleptocracy Alliance, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization. Copyright (C) 2026, Dekleptocracy Alliance. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Dekleptocracy Alliance PO Box 6580 2850 South Quincy Arlington VA, 22206-9998