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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · 2d

Gateway is actually one of the busiest airports for ICE activity in the country! There have been over 500 departures from there so far this year.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · 2d

Just another Sunday morning at Hanscom

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · 24d

ICE is back at Hanscom, now conducting daily flights - all serviced and fueled by Signature Aviation.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · 25d

They replace crews at various stops. On 9/13 at Hanscom Field in MA we observed a @signatureaviation.bsky.social courtesy van deliver a GlobalX replacement crew to one of the exact aircraft used for the March CECOT operation.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 13

A list of ground handling fees charged by Signature at San Diego airport and reported to the airport authority. Obtained via public records request. Notice the flights by GlobalX which we’ve highlighted in yellow.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today’s Signature email is also from Minneapolis. Region by region, airport by airport their management seems unbothered by ICE’s actions - and more than willing to collaborate. Will @billgates.bsky.social help stop this?

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 10

Children Across America has dropped Signature Aviation as a sponsor due to its involvement with ICE. Please consider donating to help them make up the shortfall:

childrenacrossamerica.org

Children Across America | Join Us Today!

We're dedicated to empowering children through education and healthcare access, transforming their futures for the better. At Children Across America, we're a nonprofit organization committed to uplif...

childrenacrossamerica.org

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 10

Another @signatureaviation.bsky.social email, this time from Minneapolis. This is the banality of evil.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 10

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 10

Bill Gates and the Foundation are minority investors - 30% of the total. That said, together they are the largest single investor by far. This gives them considerable influence.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 10

Do you know what causes higher emissions? Flying 8,000+ planes full of ICE detainees around the country every year.

www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...

Donald Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda Has A Surprising Stakeholder: Bill Gates

One of the billionaire's investments has become a linchpin in the day-to-day machinery of Trump’s immigration enforcement apparatus.

www.huffpost.com

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 9

ICE has returned to Hanscom. There have been five flights since Friday 9/5.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 8

Excellent reporting by the @huffpost.com surrounding @billgates.bsky.social involvement with ICE:

www.huffpost.com/entry/the-bi...

The Bill Gates Link To ICE Deportations

A new HuffPost investigation explores the links between Bill Gates, his foundation’s trust and an aviation company that Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses to ferry detainees across the country.

www.huffpost.com

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 7

These flights are performed by private charter airlines contracted with DHS. The most commonly used are Avelo, GlobalX and Eastern Air Express. Of these, only Avelo offers any regularly scheduled commercial flights.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Sep 3

Every week roughly a hundred ICE detainees from all over New England are flown out of Pease Airport in Portsmouth, NH. History will harshly judge those who collaborated with ICE and enabled this.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 29

Aircrew and ICE agents conducting flights out of Youngstown, OH are thought to be staying at the Marriott Residence Inn Youngstown Warren/Niles. Email Marriott’s business ethics department at [email protected], let them know this is not okay and poses a reputational risk to the brand.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 23

Are you a public employee in Washington State? The Washington State Investment Board manages your pension. It also has invested $500 million in the Global Infrastructure Partners IV private equity fund which includes Signature Aviation in its portfolio. Your retirement - invested in deportation.

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 22

Live in New England? Contact the Pease Development Authority and let them know that simple acquiescence to ICE flights at Portsmouth airport is not okay under any circumstances:

peasedev.org/contact-3/

CONTACT - Pease Development Authority

CONTACT 55 International Drive, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 433-6088 We Hope to Hear from You Name* First Last Email* Area of Interest*Area of InterestGeneral InquiresPease International TradeportPorts...

peasedev.org

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 22

Want to see more evidence of how willing Signature is to work with ICE? See what their employees are saying. Want to do something? Email their largest investor - Cascade Investment LLC (the exclusive asset manager for Bill Gates and his foundation): [email protected]

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 22

There have already been protests outside their Boeing Field location but Signature seems perfectly willing to continue fueling these flights. Their largest investor is Cascade Investment LLC - the exclusive asset manager for Bill Gates. Email them instead: [email protected]

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 20

Signature has begun taping cardboard over the company logo on its airstairs when servicing ICE flights in Seattle. If you feel the need to hide the company’s name from the public, shouldn’t it trigger serious questions about the morality of what you’re doing?

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Gates Foundation’s ethics reporting tool can be found at secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media.... Let them know that their partial ownership of Signature makes the complicit in ICE’s actions. Make sure to include some of the photos or emails from this site for added emphasis.

EthicsPoint - The Gates Foundation

secure.ethicspoint.com

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Jul 31

Want to see the impact of Signature Aviation’s willingness to work with ICE?

ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Oct. 6

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal fl...

www.dvidshub.net

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Jul 27

We just posted a large amount of content to the Signature Aviation page. If you are a Facebook user please go like the content and feel free to leave them some comments…

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GroundICE.org @groundice.bsky.social · Jul 26

It is. See page 14 of this document as well (the real assets section).

www.calpers.ca.gov/documents/pe...

www.calpers.ca.gov

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