Sophie Sullivan and Pablo Iglesias Maurer The French men’s national soccer team, whose star Kylian Mbappé is one of the world’s most outspoken athletes against far-right politicians, has been using a charter airplane company that is at the heart of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Images of the team posted on social media and flight tracking data show the French team have used Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) for at least three domestic flights between their World Cup games and base camp in Boston. That same airline charter company has operated more than half of ICE’s removal flights in 2024 and 2025. A 2025 Guardian investigation into the Trump administration’s deportation program, which closely examined five-months worth of leaked GlobalX data, revealed the extent to which the company served as the vehicle to move thousands of detainees – domestically and internationally – without notice, to locations far from their families, communities and legal counsel, lead