The Denver City Council rejected a contract with Colorado-based airline Key Lime Air on Monday over the company’s work helping carry out President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation efforts.
The company will still be able to fly in and out of Centennial Airport, however, where its charter operations won’t be affected by the vote.
The rejected contract would have allowed Key Lime Air, which has operated in Colorado since at least 2006, to use storage facilities at Denver International Airport, said airport spokesman George Karayiannakis. Key Lime flies only out of Centennial, but the company owns another airline called Denver Air Connection that operates out of DIA.
Eleven of the council’s 13 members voted against the contract.
“It may seem like any other business decision … but it’s just not. We know that people are being deported without due process,” Councilwoman Jamie Torres said in explaining her “no” vote.
Colorado Newsline first reported that the company was transporting detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October. Since then, the company has been the focus of protests at the airport and at the University of Colorado Boulder, which has a contract with the airline to fly its sports teams to away games.
Key Lime Air operated 83 flights for ICE in September, Colorado Newsline reported. More than 115 deportation flights have departed from Denver this year, according to Colorado Public Radio.
Trump initiated a nationwide immigration crackdown when he entered office for his second term earlier this year. Those efforts have included hundreds of thousands of deportations. Lawyers, politicians and activists have criticized that process as illegal and lacking due process, and a judge last month ordered ICE agents in the state to follow the law in making immigration arrests.
Related Articles
Milwaukee judge on trial for aiding immigrant told staffer she’d take ‘the heat’ Kids left without representation in Colorado immigration court after federal funding cuts New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants Justice Department asks appeals court to block judge’s contempt inquiry in mass deportation case Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detainedMonday’s vote could put the airport at risk of losing out on $90 million in annual grants from the Federal Aviation Administration, said Councilwoman Sarah Parady. Under that grant, the city isn’t allowed to treat airlines differently.
“That’s a large number that’s coming out of an extremely healthy airport budget,” Parady said.
The airport’s budget is funded separately from other parts of the city budget since it relies on self-generated revenue from fees and other income, including from airlines and passengers.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter, The Spot.
Hence then, the article about denver council rejects city contract with key lime air over role in ice detainee flights was published today ( ) and is available on GreeleyTribune ( Saudi Arabia ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Denver council rejects city contract with Key Lime Air over role in ICE detainee flights )
Also on site :
- Marlins land former Rays closer Pete Fairbanks for $13 million in intriguing hot stove move
- UNC Bears Quinn Denker named to men’s basketball point guard watch list
- Merrimack vs Mount St. Mary’s Women’s College Basketball Odds and Prediction – Dec. 29