Republicans pushed through a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement after an overnight session in which they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs.
Republicans pushed through a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement after an overnight session in which they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs.
Just so everyone understands the math…
ICE’s base budget is normally $10B. They increased it by over 70B with supplemental funding in the BBB, now this is an additional 70B making their budget >$150B now.
ICE is now the third most funded military in the world…