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The deal also attached conditions, new oversight and modest accountability measures such as mandatory body‑camera funding and training.
The Obama administration oversaw historically high numbers of removals—often cited as more than 2 million across his two terms and record annual peaks such as roughly 438,421 removals in FY2013—prompt...
The new “big, beautiful bill” funnels roughly in additional funds for immigration enforcement through September 2029—raising the headline taxpayer burden to about $116 million per day when spread even...
There is no reporting among the provided sources that met with other s specifically to gather support to block “Trump’s bid for more IVE funding”; the documents show McConnell both meeting with Republ...
Yes — the One (OBBBA, often called the “Big Beautiful Bill”) delivered a large, additional appropriation to , widely reported as roughly $75 billion in extra funds that augment — not replace — ICE’s o...
The recent spike in reporting that ICE (and broader DHS allocations) will outspend many national militaries rests on a series of budget estimates and a new multiyear aid-and-policy bill that could dir...
is politically and legally possible but far from easy: it would require congressional legislation, a clear plan to reassign or eliminate enforcement functions, and sustained political momentum amid fi...
did appear as the on-camera star of a ad campaign focused on discouraging illegal immigration and praising the administration’s border policies; DHS publicly announced the campaign and posted video fe...
a large majority of recorded "" were people intercepted at or near the — either returns or removals of recent crossers — with noting that by FY2016 roughly 85 percent of all removals and returns were ...
—centered on Border Act (S.4361) and companion emergency supplemental proposals—combined expanded enforcement authority, expedited with new summary removal tools and tight review limits, substantial f...
“Biden’s open door policy” is a charged political shorthand used mainly by Republican lawmakers and committees to describe the administration’s post‑2020 immigration actions; critics argue those actio...
Across multiple budget cycles asked for modest-to-significant increases in and border-related funding — including specific line items and larger //ICE surge or supplemental requests — while Congress, ...
The Homeland Security package constrains the ’s ability to shift money between accounts while creating new requirements, yet large pools of multiyear and “reconciliation” authority—plus an executive-c...
A 2025 spending package and an associated supplement have the practical effect of giving roughly $75 billion that can be spent over four years on top of its roughly $10 billion baseline, which — if dr...
border authorities have visibly expanded their operations and capabilities at airports in recent years, through infrastructure projects, talks, and a nationwide rollout of tied to strategy documents a...
ICE and CBP’s expanding use of biometric and surveillance databases—ranging from facial recognition on mobile apps to large Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) feeds and the DHS IDENT biometric repo...
Yes — ICE and the U.S. Border Patrol operate as distinct agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, but they routinely intersect, coordinate and sometimes embed personnel and tactics so that...
Under President Biden the federal government has repeatedly sought and secured higher funding for immigration enforcement agencies—ICE and CBP—through annual budget requests, supplemental emergency ap...
A bipartisan Homeland Security funding package increased ’s topline above the administration’s request and authorized substantial new hiring, pay reforms, and targeted program allocations—most notably...
FY2026 request and related appropriations documents show large continuing expenditures for disaster response, operations across components (, , , ), and proposed multiyear investments—while seeking ad...
of 2025 addresses through a layered package of measures that combine increased personnel and pay, new physical and technological infrastructure, tougher criminal penalties and operational reforms at p...