The so-called Big Beautiful Bill might be her ticket to building ICE Airlines.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wants to buy planes for Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would be dedicated to deporting as many migrants as possible, according to a new report from NBC News. And it seems extremely likely that she’ll get them, given the fact that recent legislation allocated billions in new funding for ICE.
Historically, ICE has used planes owned by private companies for deportation flights, chartering 8-14 planes at a time during President Joe Biden’s time in office, according to NBC News. Biden was deporting about 15,000 immigrants per month, less than half of the Trump regime’s rough goal.
The Trump regime deported somewhere between 100,000 to 150,000 people in the first six months of Trump’s new term, but that seems to include people who “self-deported,” according to NBC News. It’s difficult to get accurate figures, and ICE didn’t respond to questions emailed on Wednesday.
