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ICE budget request for FY2026

The budget request for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the fiscal year 2026, including the amount of $11.3 billion.

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Jan 12, 2026
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How much did the government spend on ICE in 2025

The best-supported accounting from reporting and advocacy groups places U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spending for calendar/fiscal 2025 at roughly $28.7 billion — with alternate talli...

Jan 13, 2026
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What is the annual budget of ICE?

The most direct, agency-published figure for ICE’s annual budget is the FY2026 request of $11.3 billion, while recent enacted and reported totals range roughly from $8.7–$9.0 billion for FY2024; separ...

Jan 17, 2026
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How does Congress break down DHS funding between ICE and CBP in the FY2026 appropriations?

Congress’s FY2026 Homeland Security appropriations—at least as reported in House committee text and analyzed by the Congressional Research Service—allocates roughly $11.0 billion to U.S. Immigration a...

Jan 13, 2026

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

How much funding did U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement receive in 2024 and 2023?

Congressional and executive sources show multiple, slightly different figures for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding because observers report the President’s request, committee mar...

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...

Feb 3, 2026

iCE FUNDING

The short answer: ’s baseline FY2026 budget request sits at roughly $11.3 billion, but lawmakers and one-time reconciliation and supplemental pots have widened the debate over whether ICE’s effective ...

Feb 3, 2026

How do current ICE pay and benefits compare to Border Patrol and other DHS components after 2024–2025 changes?

After the 2024–2025 funding surge, both and have seen markedly expanded hiring and incentive packages, but the evidence shows Border Patrol/ incentives can be larger and more varied than ICE’s, while ...

Feb 2, 2026

How was the reported $100 million ICE recruitment budget allocated across influencers, broadcast, and digital in internal DHS documents?

Internal planning documents and subsequent reporting indicate the department designated roughly $100 million for a one‑year recruitment push described internally as a “wartime recruitment” campaign . ...

Jan 10, 2026

How does ICE funding compare to other immigration enforcement agencies?

Ice’s budget has surged to historically large levels under recent legislation, placing it among the federal government’s top-funded law‑enforcement components and dwarfing many other agencies that tou...