ICE uses Trump donor private jet to deport Palestinians to West Bank

ICE used a Gulfstream jet owned by Gil Dezer — son of Florida real estate billionaire Michael Dezer, who donated more than $1.3 million to Trump campaigns — to deport Palestinian men from an ICE hub in Phoenix to a West Bank checkpoint near Modiin Illit on January 21 and February 1. Eight Palestinian men, shackled at wrists and ankles for the journey, were handed to the Israel Prison Service and transferred to the Civil Administration at the West Bank checkpoint. The deportations raised questions about the use of private donor aircraft for federal law enforcement operations.