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DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
Source: The Washington Post
The Department of Homeland Security recently signed a contract worth nearly $140 million to purchase six Boeing 737 planes for deportations a move that will allow the agency to operate its own fleet after receiving a massive funding increase from Congress.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/10/dhs-deport-boeing-contract/
Just broke. That little snippet is all for now.
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DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations (Original Post)
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Wednesday
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FredGarvin
(768 posts)1. Massive Budget
They gotta spend that money otherwise they might lose some funding next year.
Pork-barrel spending
Solly Mack
(96,256 posts)2. Sick, sick, sick.
Also got to wonder what the skim is.
Smilo
(2,008 posts)3. Another bribe
because they could lease planes (with pilots), or least cost solution borrow from the air force.
This stinks of bribery & is yet another utterly disgusting & inhumane use of our tax dollars. 🤬
chowder66
(11,704 posts)4. Fucking Pigs fucking up our economics by wasting our tax payer dollars while removing good people who are a net positive
for revenue.