Air Transportation

ICE manages alien transportation and repatriation flights via Special Charter Missions and the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS). JPATS is a shared program between ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

Special Charter Missions are stand-alone ICE operations using chartered aircraft primarily for the removal of large groups of aliens, to include special interest cases. ICE is responsible for the logistical and operational coordination of these missions with U.S. Embassies abroad. ICE officers are also involved in discussions with foreign governments, along with the Department of State (DOS) and other Headquarter DRO Units regarding issues of repatriation and removals of aliens.