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North-east Ohio is ground zero for ICE deportation flights

Deportation flights at Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton carry hundreds of immigrants daily under the ICE crackdown, and the Guardian reports most locals have no idea; the runways are busy.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlanes carrying hundreds of immigrants land every day at two small airports in north-east Ohio, Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton, and the Guardian says almost nobody nearby knows.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJoining us from her bunker is Octavia Brandvold, founder of the Last Exit Shelter Society. Octavia, why does this confirm what you've been saying?

  3. Octavia BrandvoldBetween you and the vents, Hank, the best secrets are the ones in plain sight with nobody looking.

  4. Octavia BrandvoldI've been saying that since I sealed the door.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the proof is that nobody noticed. Is that the whole case?

  6. Octavia BrandvoldBetween you and the vents, it's a very strong case.

  7. Octavia BrandvoldI have a laminated flight map with gummy bears marking every runway, and the bears don't lie.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGummy bears.

  9. Octavia BrandvoldRed for arrivals, green for departures. The yellow ones are for when I get hungry. Between you and the vents, that's most of them.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA fifty-seat jet from Milwaukee lands just after ten-thirty on a weekday, and the Guardian's reporter saw it. Have you ever seen one in person?

  11. Octavia BrandvoldBetween you and the vents, I have a strict policy against airports.

  12. Octavia BrandvoldI watch them through binoculars from a very safe distance, mostly on my wall.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut you've never actually been to one. Yes or no?

  14. Octavia BrandvoldBETWEEN YOU AND THE VENTS, I've been to a gate. Once. It was a bus station, but it had the same energy as a gate.

  15. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLast week I told viewers an AI chip deal's savings go to the company first and customers get a thank-you email.

  16. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis feels similar: the story is big, and the map is gummy bears.

  17. Octavia BrandvoldHank, you keep saying the story is too big to be true, but the Guardian confirmed it. What more proof do you need?

  18. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Guardian's a credible outlet, and they have a reporter on the ground. That's the proof right there.

  19. Octavia BrandvoldBetween you and the vents, Hank, that's how it starts.

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