US EditionTrump’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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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…
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.
Virginia reacts to ICE funding surge under Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The promise of more funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is receiving both support and resistance across Virginia. President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," signed into law on the Fourth of July, includes increased funding for ICE, according to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) political science professor John Aughenbaugh. “Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as a broad public policy cate…
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