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ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War

Internal emails indicate immigration agents complied with an Iranian request to hand over specific nationals — and accidentally sent the wrong person to Iran. The post ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War appeared first on The Intercept .

ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War

ICE agents collaborated with Iranian officials to deport over 100 Iranian nationals as the United States prepared for a potential war with their country, according to recently released internal ICE emails. DHS officials complied with Iran's request to repatriate three individuals who were living in the U.S. Hundreds of emails from May to November last year reveal ICE's efforts to prepare for the controversial charter flights to Iran.

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