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Human Rights First Launches Interactive Dashboard to Track ICE Deportation Flights

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Human Rights First, a nonprofit advocacy organization, has published an interactive online dashboard designed to monitor flights operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tool allows users to track deportation flight activity in near real time. It aims to increase public transparency around ICE's removal operations, which have drawn significant scrutiny in recent years. The dashboard is accessible via the Human Rights First website and has attracted attention from the tech and civil liberties communities online.

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