Salem residents urge city to cancel Avelo contract over deportation flights   

Some Salem residents are pushing the city to end its contract with Avelo Airlines after the budget airline currently flying out of Salem’s airport announced it had contracted with the federal government to assist with deportation flights. 

The news prompted the Salem Democratic Socialists of America, a local chapter of the largest socialist organization in the United States, to organize a protest near the airport Sunday as a way to bring awareness and pressure the…