The United States has agreed to purchase a fleet of Boeing 737 commercial passenger aircraft to conduct removal operations of illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Dec. 10.
DHS will buy six such aircraft from Daedalus Aviation Corporation, a third-party vendor, for about $140 million. DHS said it will cost less to purchase and use these aircraft for removal operations than to continue using charter aircraft as it does at present.
“[T]his new initiative will save the US taxpayer $279 MILLION … These planes will allow [the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to operate more effectively, including by using more efficient flight patterns,” Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, wrote on social media. “President [Donald] Trump and [Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem] are committed to quickly and efficiently getting criminal illegal aliens OUT of our country.”…
Federal Government Buys Fleet of Planes for Deportation
