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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

US signs nearly $140m deal to purchase six Boeing 737s for use in deportations

A crowd of people stands around a person speaking near an airplane.
Venezuelan foreign minister Yvan Gil speaks in front of a plane carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security has signed a nearly $140m contract to purchase six Boeing 737 planes for deportation operations.

The contract, signed with the Virginia-based firm Daedalus Aviation, was first reported by the Washington Post on Wednesday and later confirmed by DHS.

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