Noem wants a $12 BILLION FLEET OF 30 PASSENGER PLANES to meet Trump's deportation quota [View all]
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.
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