As the Trump administration ramps up deportation flights to record highs, airlines operating these flights are taking measures to obscure flight data from flight tracking websites, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Per the report, some carriers contracting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation flights are now using dummy call signs and blocking tail numbers in order to limit tracking by immigration advocacy groups and other parties that monitor such flights.

Immigration advocate Tom Cartwright has been tracking deportation flights since 2020 and reported that since the beginning of Trump’s second term through July, at least 5,962 deportation flights have taken place, a 41 percent increase over the same period in 2024. Around 80 percent of these fli

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