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Melt ICE Act

A legislative proposal to condition or reallocate funds for ICE detention and enforcement.

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Jan 23, 2026
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What oversight mechanisms exist for DHS and ICE access to detention facilities, and how have lawmakers used them in 2025–2026?

and access to detention facilities rests on a layered mix of internal ICE inspection programs, departmental coordination and policies for congressional visits, independent watchdogs such as the and th...

Jan 29, 2026
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How have Congress’s DHS appropriations for ICE changed over the last decade, year by year?

’s appropriations for ) have moved from steady baseline funding to a recent era of large supplemental transfers and political fights: the last two years alone show multi‑billion-dollar infusions tied ...

Jan 27, 2026
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How have recent DHS and ICE appropriations changed the budgets of private detention contractors and surveillance vendors?

The appropriations process has simultaneously constrained and expanded pockets of spending: the / conference language and agency requests keep ICE’s topline roughly flat in some measures while the bro...

Jan 27, 2026

What legal and congressional remedies have been proposed in response to recent ICE operations?

ional response to recent operations has been multi‑pronged: lawmakers proposed funding constraints and oversight measures in appropriations language, advanced standalone abolitionist and reallocation ...

Jan 30, 2026

What oversight mechanisms (Inspector General audits, congressional reporting) exist for ICE’s use of detention and enforcement funds?

ional appropriations, internal compliance units, and independent watchdogs — chiefly the and the — are the formal levers meant to monitor , and recent explicitly attempt to expand some of those oversi...