“In most respects, ICE facilities operate with less consistent oversight and legal accountability than state or federal prisons or local jails,” Brinkley-Rubinstein said. “ICE detention facilities and people that run them tend to be much less transparent about their operations.”

It’s not clear where the flights ended up after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced them from the controversial tent city the state built to support the sweeping deportation agenda that helped propel President Donald Trump to a second term but is largely opposed by Americans.