UCONN STICKS WITH AVELO AS ICE DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TRIGGER STATE SUBSIDY REVIEW
UConn is maintaining a marketing partnership with Avelo Airlines despite Avelo’s April 2025 agreement with ICE to operate deportation flights. FOIA emails show alumni, activists and Connecticut’s attorney general urging the university to sever ties, while leadership has offered little public response. The story reflects a broader push to scrutinize public subsidies and institutional partnerships tied to Avelo’s deportation charters.
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