Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The Pease Development Authority released a memorandum Tuesday outlining the legal reasons for why it believes it must allow ICE to continue operating deportation-related flights out of Portsmouth International Airport.

There are several local efforts — including keeping track of the number of people put on the ICE flights leaving Portsmouth International Airport, protests and public meetings — to pressure local officials to end these flights.

Hay varios esfuerzos locales para presionar a los funcionarios a terminar con estos vuelos: rastrear el número de personas que ICE ubica en los vuelos de deportación que salen de Pease, protestas y participación en reuniones locales.

These announcements by DHS are just the latest escalation of federal action in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. — all led by Democrats.

His case was part of a trend of nearly 2,000 students in the country who were affected by this change – including other students at Southern New Hampshire University, the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, and Rivier University.

Port City Air, the fixed-base operator, stated they are legally obligated to service the flights and that the Department of Homeland Security makes the decisions regarding ICE flights.

Christopher Landry said federal immigration officers told him he was denied re-entry because of misdemeanor drug offenses on his record that dated back about 20 years.

Some Manchester residents are raising concerns about the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their community after a group of what appear to have been ICE officers detained a man near a city courthouse Monday and took him away in unmarked vehicles.

ICE detained four Portsmouth restaurant workers earlier this month. At public meetings this week, several residents asked local officials to do more to build trust with immigrant communities as immigration enforcement ramps up nationally.

Christopher Landry is a citizen Canada but had been granted the legal right to live and work in the U.S.