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Detention Capacity and Funding

The funding and capacity for detention operations and its implications on immigration policies

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Jan 19, 2026
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What was the annual ICE budget under the Obama administration from 2009 to 2017?

A clear, year-by-year list of ICE’s annual budgets from 2009 through 2017 is not provided in the documents supplied; the available reporting supplies only scattered data points and trend summaries rat...

Jan 13, 2026
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What is the current US federal budget for ICE in 2024?

The official U.S. federal budget for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for Fiscal Year 2024 is reported by ICE/DHS as $8.7 billion (FY2024 request level) . That figure represents ICE’s ba...

Jan 12, 2026
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what was ice budget for 2025

The baseline, agency-run annual budget for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the 2025 fiscal context is commonly reported at roughly $8–10 billion depending on the source and how line ...

Jan 28, 2026

How exactly did the One Big Beautiful Bill define allowable uses for the billions allocated to ICE and CBP?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act () directed unprecedented multiyear sums to and its enforcement components and defined allowable uses in a mix of specific line items (hiring, facilities, detention, tra...

Jan 31, 2026

Which specific detention contractors and facility projects have received OBBBA‑funded contracts or notices to proceed?

Reporting to date shows a small number of large, ‑era detention contracts publicly tied to expansion plans: a detention‑center contract reported as awarded to and a separate multibillion‑dollar tent/s...

Jan 24, 2026

29 billion for ice agants

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...

Jan 15, 2026

Which recent reconciliation or supplemental bills would most increase ICE funding and how do those proposals allocate funds across years?

A mid-2025 budget reconciliation package—commonly called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, H.R.1) and the larger FY2025 reconciliation/DHS supplemental—contains the provisions most likely to dram...

Jan 12, 2026

What are the largest line items in ICE's annual budget and how much is allocated to each?

The baseline Department of Homeland Security request for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for FY2026 was $11.3 billion with 21,808 positions and 21,786 full‑time equivalents (FTE) , but ...

Feb 4, 2026

How have ICE annual budgets changed year‑by‑year since 2015, and what drove the largest increases?

’s budget has moved from modest levels in the mid‑2010s — about $5.96 billion in 2015 — to a dramatically larger footprint by 2025–2026 as and layered regular appropriations, supplemental reconciliati...

Jan 8, 2026

Quel était le budget de Ice en 2024 et quel est il aujourd'hui ?

Le budget d’ICE pour l’exercice 2024 varie selon les sources mais tourne autour de 8–10 milliards de dollars : le document budgétaire du DHS indique 8,7 milliards pour FY2024 , tandis que d’autres bil...