Detainees board a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at King County International Airport in Seattle, Wash., on April 15, 2025. David Ryder/Getty Images
The United States has agreed to purchase a fleet of Boeing 737 commercial passenger aircraft to conduct removal operations of illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Dec. 10.
DHS will buy six such aircraft from Daedalus Aviation Corporation, a third-party vendor, for about $140 million. DHS said it will cost less to purchase and use these aircraft for removal operations than to continue using charter aircraft as it does at present.
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