DHS Acquires Fleet of Jets to Facilitate Mass Deportations
DHS Acquires Fleet of Jets to Facilitate Mass Deportations
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The Department of Homeland Security has entered into a new agreement to acquire six Boeing 737 aircraft for use in deportation operations, the agency said Wednesday. DHS officials said the purchase is expected to reduce transportation costs and save taxpayers an estimated $279 million.
The agreement is valued at nearly $140 million, according to sources who spoke with The Washington Post, and is being financed in part with funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security through the One Big Beautiful Bill enacted earlier this year.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has historically relied on charter aircraft for removal operations. DHS officials say the addition of a dedicated fleet is intended to make large-scale deportation flights more efficient and reduce overall transportation costs as the administration expands its enforcement efforts, Just the News added.
“These planes will allow ICE to operate more effectively, including by using more efficient flight patterns,” Assistant DHS Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin posted on X. “President Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem are committed to quickly and efficiently getting criminal illegal aliens OUT of our country.”
The announcement comes as the Trump administration pursues its goal of removing one million migrants by the end of the year. According to border czar Tom Homan, federal authorities have carried out approximately 579,000 deportations to date, and an additional 66,000 migrants remain in detention awaiting processing, Just the News added.
AdvertisementTrump administration officials are increasingly aggressive when it comes to curbing both legal and illegal immigration to the United States following the deadly attack on National Guard troops late last month by an Afghan national let into the country under then-President Joe Biden.
Noem has stated that she will recommend a travel ban on several countries that she claims are contributing significantly to criminal activity in the U.S.
AdvertisementShe said in a post on social media on Sunday that she had met with President Donald Trump and decided to suggest “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.”
Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared Noem’s post on their official social media accounts. It is currently unclear which countries the proposed travel ban would affect or when it might be implemented. DHS informed the BBC that it would announce the list soon.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday evening that President Trump had already imposed a travel ban several months ago targeting what the administration described as “third world and failed state” countries. Noem’s new recommendations would broaden the policy to include additional nations.
On 4 June, the White House released a list of 19 countries — primarily in Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean — that would be subject to full or partial immigration restrictions.
Noem’s proposed additions would bring the total to roughly 30 countries, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke with CBS News, the BBC’s U.S. partner.
Before addressing the travel-ban proposal, Noem wrote on social media that roughly 100,000 Afghan nationals entered the United States through the Biden-era Operation Allies Welcome program, adding that the Department of Homeland Security planned to overhaul its vetting procedures.
Officials have identified the suspect in the Washington, D.C., shooting as an Afghan national who arrived in 2021 under the same program, which was created to resettle Afghans who had assisted U.S. forces during the country’s 20-year military presence in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, FBI Director Kash Patel criticized what he described as the Biden administration’s “emblematic failure” following the Nov. 26 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle.”
“The problem with this case shows the emblematic failure of the Biden administration to vet anyone who came here from Afghanistan after the disastrous withdrawal,” Patel said.
One of the individuals attacked, 24-year-old Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, is still recovering and in critical condition, while a fellow member from the West Virginia Army National Guard, 20-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, died from her wounds.
SHOTS FIRED: Trump Nukes ‘Seriously Retarded’ Gov. Walz
SHOTS FIRED: Trump Nukes ‘Seriously Retarded’ Gov. Walz
President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering Thanksgiving message targeting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar, using the holiday to escalate his warnings about mass migration, Somali crime, and what he calls the total collapse of leadership in Minnesota. The late-night barrage came just hours after Trump vowed to permanently pause migration from poorer nations following the fatal shooting of a National Guard member in Washington, D.C.
Trump, 79, tore into Walz as a “seriously retarded governor,” accusing him of allowing waves of Somali migrants to overwhelm what he described as a “once great state.” The comments, posted to Truth Social, marked one of Trump’s most aggressive takedowns of Walz to date and reflected growing tensions over Minnesota’s recent surge in violent gang activity.
In his Thanksgiving message, Trump accused Walz of surrendering Minneapolis and surrounding communities to organized Somali gangs. “Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone,” he wrote.
Trump claimed Walz has done nothing to restore order, adding, “The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.” Supporters of the president amplified the post across conservative media, arguing that Trump is expressing the anger and fear of Minnesota residents who feel abandoned by their own government.
The former governor of Minnesota and running mate to Kamala Harris during her failed presidential bid, Walz has long drawn criticism from conservatives for his handling of crime, migration, and policing. Trump has repeatedly argued that Walz’s permissive migration policies fueled a demographic and criminal crisis.
Trump also directed fire at Rep. Ilhan Omar, calling her the “worst ‘Congressman/woman’ in our country” and mocking her appearance as “always wrapped in her swaddling hijab.” He then suggested Omar “probably came into the USA illegally,” repeating longstanding claims he and his allies have made about Omar’s immigration history.
Minnesota progressives responded with outrage, while Walz countered Trump’s attack by sarcastically questioning the president’s own health. “Release the MRI results,” Walz wrote on X, referencing Trump’s recent medical checkup, which the president publicly described as “perfect.”
Pro-migration activists staged demonstrations across Minnesota in response to Trump’s comments. Protesters held signs reading “NO HATE NO FEAR” and accused the administration of targeting immigrants to score political points.
Trump’s message came amid fallout from Wednesday’s deadly attack in Washington, D.C., where a 29-year-old Afghan national—resettled under Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome” program—allegedly shot two National Guard members deployed to protect federal sites. One Guardswoman, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died of her injuries. The second soldier remains in critical condition.
According to federal authorities, the suspect had worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War before entering the United States in 2021. His case has fueled Trump’s renewed push to overhaul migration policy, halt immigration from so-called “third world countries,” and initiate what he calls “reverse migration.”
“Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation,” Trump wrote, tying the shooting directly to what he describes as failed vetting practices under the previous administration.
The president ended his fiery message on a cold note aimed at his political enemies. “Other than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for — You won’t be here for long!”
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The Thanksgiving post marks a significant escalation in Trump’s second-term immigration agenda, pairing emotional appeals with sweeping proposals to aggressively restrict migration, review past admissions, and remove foreign nationals deemed harmful to national security.
With crime spikes in Minnesota, a high-profile terror investigation underway, and mounting pressure from supporters to act, Trump’s message signals that the administration’s immigration crackdown is about to intensify—and that political opponents like Walz and Omar remain in his direct line of fire.
