US EditionTrump’s Budget Makes ICE Largest Funded U.S. Law Enforcement Agency
UNITED STATES, JUL 4 – The bill allocates $170 billion to expand ICE capacity, including hiring 10,000 agents and doubling detention space to over 116,000 beds, aiming to accelerate mass deportations nationwide.
- The Senate has passed a bill making Immigration and Customs Enforcement the U.S.'s largest interior law enforcement agency, with funding exceeding that of most world militaries, including Israel's.
- The bill could lead to a $150 billion immigration enforcement agenda over four years, pending House approval.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that the bill 'provides the ESSENTIAL funding needed to secure our nation's borders.'
- Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, said the bill 'skyrockets ICE's budget to never before seen funding levels' and will make it the largest law enforcement agency in the country.
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Massive expansion of Trump’s deportation machine passes with little Press notice
Some cuts, like those to Medicaid, have been heavily covered by the corporate media. But one key piece of the bill has gotten much less media scrutiny: The preposterous sum of $175 billion has been allocated to fund Trump’s signature mass deportation campaign.
Get ready to see 10,000 more agents take to the streets as ICE becomes biggest police force in US
The passing of Trump’s new law by Congress will drastically change law enforcement in the U.S. by giving a huge amount of money to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This wide-ranging law sets aside around $170 billion for DHS, with nearly $30 billion of that going directly to ICE, an agency already known for its strict deportation policies. The White House has made its goal clear to hire 10,000 new ICE officers. This would more than dou…
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