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Deportation Flights Ferry Immigrants Home

 About 100 Central American men, shackled at the wrists and ankles, recently boarded a Boeing 737 bound from Dulles International Airport to Alexandria, La. Once hopeful newcomers to the United States, they began their journeys home on a deportation flight for illegal immigrants run by the Department of Homeland Security.
About 100 Central American men, shackled at the wrists and ankles, recently boarded a Boeing 737 bound from Dulles International Airport to Alexandria, La. Once hopeful newcomers to the United States, they began their journeys home on a deportation flight for illegal immigrants run by the Department of Homeland Security. Click to View Photos >>

A Long Flight of No Return
The passengers settled uncomfortably into the narrow seats of the Boeing 737 as a woman in a blue uniform launched into the pre-flight safety speech that has become a ritual of modern air travel.
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