NBC News: "No expense has been spared": Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations

NBC News:  "No expense has been spared": Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations
Official Department of Homeland Security Photo of Secretary Kristi Noem

NBC News reports that an executive jet the Department of Homeland Security has told the Office of Management and Budget it needs for immigrant removals and Cabinet officials’ travel features a bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and a bar, according to images of the aircraft obtained by NBC News.

"DHS recently began leasing the Boeing 737 Max 8, which DHS officials have described as a luxury jet, but now Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking approval from OMB to purchase it for $70 million, according to two DHS officials involved in the request. ICE told OMB that it would be used for deportations and travel for Cabinet officials, the two officials said."

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