Homeland Security paid $464M for jets, fleet left parked
Remember when DHS spent half a billion dollars on a fleet of 10 jets to deport people? Yeah, they’re just parked in Louisiana, because DHS didn’t bother to hire staff to operate the fleet.
P. Neill4Reminds me of the "Speed limit enforced by aircraft" aircraft in VA, which iirc just sat parked somewhere in Richmond for years unused.
Garrett Jones3Not at all surprising that the contract went to a company linked to the administration.
Andromeda Yelton2Yeah, that’s pretty much how I assumed that one would go.
True Blue💙1This administration incompetence is beyond logic. Totally unqualified bunch of clowns on steroids.
Urban Futurist Democrat2I read a prediction here last year that DHS wouldn't be able to staff these planes because while flight attendants might be coerced from time to time to do a "crying people in shackles" run for the sake of their job, no one will apply for a job that's just that.
MI-Forest2trump adminitration of corruption and massive waste of taxpayers' money
![It has come to our attention that the Department of Homeland Security (“Department” or “DHS”) is effectively running an in-house private jet service for Trump administration officials with a slew of new luxury jets and other airplanes it has acquired and begun providing to officials over the last year. This includes providing jet services not only for DHS officials like yourself, but also for White House Border Czar Tom Homan, other administration officials, members of the first family, and even the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel. In total, DHS has acquired 12 new aircraft, including 5 extravagant new luxury jets, using funds provided in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). These jets were acquired and provided for officials’ use, even though no authorization was ever provided by Congress to buy any airplanes, much less to support executive travel.[1]
The Department’s purchase of these airplanes to shuttle administration officials around the globe demonstrates a remarkable disregard for American taxpayers who work hard and expect government officials to responsibly manage their tax dollars, not burn them on extravagant luxury jets. These acquisitions also raise serious legal concerns, as Congress has not provided the necessary legal authorization for DHS to purchase these planes, much less run a private jet service for government executives.[2]
Over the last year, Republicans in Congress have, on a party-line basis, delivered the Department a remarkable windfall totaling over a quarter of a trillion dollars outside of the annual appropriations process. Republicans first approved $190 billion for DHS in the OBBBA last summer. Then, after refusing to enact basic reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol following rampant abuses, including the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, they voted to deliver DHS another $70 billion in funding this summer,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o4ahrynok26dtjjv5labzqbd/bafkreigwsnf6l7rtectthxnpja3vgevaud23r4viqzoonqijfnglmshu4y)
