美国国土安全部首次使用其最近收购的飞机之一将被驱逐者送往墨西哥，这可能终结了关于前部长克里斯蒂·诺姆任内购买的喷气式飞机数月来的不确定性。
By Alicia A. Caldwell and Siddharth Philip The Department of Homeland Security for the first time has used one of its recently acquired planes to send deportees to Mexico, potentially ending months of uncertainty about jets bought under former Secretary Kristi Noem.
根据公开可用的航班追踪数据和非营利组织“Human Rights First”（该组织追踪驱逐航班）的信息，一架由波音公司制造、归国土安全部所有的 737-700 飞机于周三和周四从得克萨斯州飞往墨西哥，共执行了两趟航班。
A DHS-owned 737-700 plane made by Boeing Co. made two trips from Texas to Mexico on Wednesday and Thursday, according to publicly available flight tracking data and Human Rights First, a nonprofit that tracks deportation flights.
该部门通常使用包机航空公司执行此类航班，今年早些时候收购了七架原属 Avelo Airlines（阿维洛航空）的 737 飞机，作为加强唐纳德·特朗普总统大规模驱逐行动计划的一部分。
The department, which typically uses charter aviation companies to make such flights, early this year acquired seven 737s that were formerly used by Avelo Airlines as part of a plan to bolster President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
国土安全部当时表示，政府自有机队将使政府能够减少对合同航空公司的依赖，并扩大驱逐行动。
DHS said at the time that a government-owned fleet would allow the administration to ease its reliance on contract airlines and expand deportation operations.
批评者质疑拥有机队的必要性，理由是该机构拥有庞大的合同航空公司网络，同时还能使用军用飞机和商业航班。
Critics have questioned the need to own a fleet, given the agency’s sprawling network of contract airlines, along with access to military aircraft and and to commercial flights.
根据全球飞机追踪器 ADS-B Exchange 的数据，自 2026 年 4 月以来，这些国土安全部自有飞机基本处于闲置状态，每架飞机执行的国内航班不足五趟。国土安全部周四未回复置评请求。
The DHS-owned planes had been largely idle, used for fewer than five domestic flights each since April 2026, according to data from global aircraft tracker ADS-B Exchange. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
现由前俄克拉荷马州参议员马克韦恩·马林领导的该部门，于 7 月向潜在承包商征求信息，询问他们如何提议运营驱逐行动及其他任务，包括为部门高级官员提供航班服务。
The department, now under the leadership of former Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, in July sought information from possible contractors about how they might propose running deportation operations and other missions, including flights for senior department officials.
9 月，国土安全部表示正在寻求将四架飞机改装用于国会代表团和其他贵宾出行。该招标公告未说明该机构计划如何处置另外三架 737 飞机。
In September, DHS said it was looking to repurpose four planes to be used for Congressional delegations and other VIP trips. The contracting notice did not specify what the agency planned to do with three other 737s.
关于这些飞机的命运再次引发了人们对国土安全部如何使用去年国会批准的数十亿美元，以执行特朗普的移民执法议程的质疑。
The fate of the planes renewed questions about how DHS has spent billions of dollars approved by Congress last year to carry out Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.