US EditionA look at how Trump’s big bill could change the US immigration system
- The U.S. Congress is considering a major immigration bill proposing a $150 billion funding boost over four years to expand border security and deportation efforts.
- The bill emerged amid recent protests and unrest in Los Angeles, with Republicans pressing for fast passage despite Democratic opposition and the Senate debating a largely similar version.
- Key provisions include $45 billion to enlarge immigrant detention centers, $1.25 billion to address immigration court backlogs, and significant increases in immigration application fees.
- Greg Chen from the American Immigration Lawyers Association called the funding a “significant increase” and emphasized it is urgently needed from an institutional perspective, while White House aide Stephen Miller labeled it the “most essential” legislation currently considered.
- If enacted, the bill would reshape the immigration system by expanding detention capacity from 41,000 to 100,000 beds, increasing deportation operations, and raising costs for legal immigration, with private prison companies also benefiting.
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A look at how the GOP's 'big bill' could change the American immigration system
A Border Patrol agent at the border wall. (File photo courtesy OnScene.TV) President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and border security package would inject roughly $150 billion into his mass deportation agenda over the next four years, funding everything from an extension of the United States’ southern border wall to detention centers to thousands of additional law enforcement staff. The current annual budget for Immigration and Customs Enforceme…
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