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Trump’s Budget Makes ICE Largest Funded U.S. Law Enforcement Agency

UNITED STATES, JUL 4 – The bill allocates $150 billion through 2029 to expand detention centers, hire 18,000 agents, and build over 1,600 miles of border barriers, aiming to increase deportations significantly.

  • 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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The next budget provides $170 billion for this federal agency, which is present in a large part of the United States with the aim of evicting one million foreigners in one year.

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The Intercept broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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