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Miles Archer

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:55 PM Aug 2025

Noem wants a $12 BILLION FLEET OF 30 PASSENGER PLANES to meet Trump's deportation quota

ICE Barbie Kristi Noem reportedly wants to spend billions to send her masked goons to the skies as the operators of the first Immigration and Customs Enforcement airline.

Sources told NBC News that Noem wants a fleet of around 30 passenger planes to step up ICE’s deportation flights in order to reach President Donald Trump’s goal of 1 million removals of undocumented immigrants per year.

At an estimated cost of around $80 million to $400 million per plane, the agency is looking at a price tag of up to $12 billion, NBC News reported. Adding to that would be the cost of maintenance, staffing and fuel compared to the roughly $25,000 per hour the agency currently pays to charter flights through third-party airlines. That cost includes the pilot and supporting staff.

“If the goal is to get to 30 to 35,000 removals a month, you would need to double the number of planes,” said Jason Houser, who served as ICE chief of staff from 2022 to 2023.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kristi-noem-wants-masked-goons-to-run-first-ever-ice-air/

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Noem wants a $12 BILLION FLEET OF 30 PASSENGER PLANES to meet Trump's deportation quota (Original Post) Miles Archer Aug 2025 OP
No words! surfered Aug 2025 #1
They just got $75 billion to spend. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2025 #2
So pissed! That's OUR money! LaRaven Aug 2025 #3
Let me guess, she gets to keep one too. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2025 #4
And I Would Like An Alladin's Lamp With A Genie That Can Grant Me Unlimited Wishes.......nt global1 Aug 2025 #5
JFC she'll show up in a flight attendant's uniform. "Hi, I'm Barbie. Fly me." CurtEastPoint Aug 2025 #6
No, she would consider that beneath her!! (being a flight attendant)! riversedge Aug 2025 #7

global1

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5. And I Would Like An Alladin's Lamp With A Genie That Can Grant Me Unlimited Wishes.......nt
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 07:45 PM
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