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The topic is about the budget for detention facilities in 2026, including the allocation of funds and the role of ICE.
Available public reporting does not provide a complete month-by-month accounting for ’s detained population for every month of 2026; the sources reviewed converge on high early‑January snapshots (abou...
ICE is not literally unregulated—the agency operates under federal law, internal oversight offices, detention standards, and Congressional authority—but multiple recent reports and watchdog analyses s...
’s biweekly detention spreadsheets publish point‑in‑time snapshots — typically “midnight population” counts — that show how many people are in custody at a particular moment, while year‑end totals are...
Taxpayers currently finance through an annual appropriation that has sat roughly between $8 billion and $11 billion in recent years, but 2025–26 budget maneuvers — including a large, multi‑year “” (OB...