Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is looking to have Immigration and Customs Enforcement purchase its own fleet of airplanes in order to make it easier for the agency to carry out mass deportations and get closer to the quota set by the Trump administration of deporting one million illegal immigrants per year.

According to a report by NBC News, ICE currently uses charter flights to deport immigrants back to their home country, a practice that dates back years. ICE has chartered up to 14 airplanes at a time, allowing them to deport around 15,000 migrants a month, per Jason Houser, ICE chief of staff during the Biden administration.

“If the goal is to get to 30 to 35,000 removals a month, you would need to double the number of planes,” Houser said.

Because of the recently passed “On

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