Overview

• The video shows handcuffed and shackled detainees being escorted by officers from vehicles onto the flight stairs in Gary, Indiana.
• Inside the plane, detainees sit under ICE supervision as an officer notes that similar operations are underway nationwide.
• In its social media caption, ICE notes the flight carried dozens of migrants with one-way tickets out of the United States.
• Social media reactions split sharply, with some users praising the agency’s work and others denouncing the footage as inhuman.
• The footage underscores ICE’s expanded removal operations under President Trump’s administration and raises questions about transparency and detainee treatment.