The Homeland Security Department bought the five planes from a Noem donor to fly deportees, according to records reviewed by the Times.
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The planes have mostly sat idle since the purchase.
Attributed to records reviewed by the Times. The Fiscal Times reports DHS-purchased jets ($464M) sitting idle, but that may cover a different set of aircraft. 'Mostly' is a characterization, not a quantified utilization figure.