"In response to the terrifying intensification of ICE over the past year, both in their expanded presence and violence in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles, communities are mobilizing to protect each other, publicly denounce ICE, and form campaigns to peel away corporate support of ICE to weaken the various sources of ICE's financial, political, and reputational power."
"Avelo dropping their contract with ICE was a huge movement win due to an incredible, year-long pressure campaign led by numerous, decentralized groups across the country, including Siembra NC, New Haven Immigrants Coalition, Mijente and the National Coalition to Stop Avelo, among others. As the organizers describe in Truthout, their campaign relied on a "mosquito strategy" - a broad range of tactics and sustained actions to strategically weaken Avelo's pillars of support, including targeting Avelo's government subsidies, investors, and corporate partnerships"
A protester held a placard during a demonstration on April 17, 2025, in front of Tweed Airport condemning Avelo Airlines’ plans to assist the Department of Homeland Security in deporting migrants from Mesa, Arizona. Communities mobilized in response to intensified ICE presence and violence across cities, publicly denouncing ICE and building campaigns to strip corporate support and weaken ICE’s financial, political, and reputational power. Major companies responded to pressure: Spotify stopped running ICE recruitment ads and campaigns arose against Hilton for retribution against a hotel that refused ICE. Avelo ended deportation charter flights after a year-long, decentralized campaign using a "mosquito strategy" to target subsidies, investors, and partnerships.
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