NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Sunday is one of the busiest travel days of the year.

In addition to many people catching flights home, some immigration rights activists planned protests at many airports across the country.

A group in Nashville Sunday at BNA held signs and voiced chants to get attention from travelers and people coming to pick up their loved ones.

“There are over 20 cities in the United States participating in a national protest this weekend of the airline Avelo,” said Mike Lacy, an organizer with the Nashville Boycott Avelo Movement.

Along with the Stop Avelo Coalition, Lacy is urging people to boycott the airline.

He claims Avelo has a contract with ICE to help operate deportation flights.

"We're not asking you to give money. We're asking you to not give money," Lacy sai

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