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ICE’s Budget Is Set to Triple Next Year (jacobin.com)
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Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill funnels tens of billions of additional dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — meaning the agency will have three times as much to spend next year as it did this year.

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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why do we need this? Such a colossal waste of money from the GOP, like always.

Imagine if they put this money into anything that wasn't about them getting their rocks off watching a boot stomping a working man's face.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Because the rounding up and deportations aren’t going to stop with immigrants

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

they need to satiate thier rabid voter base some how.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 days ago

Phew! GLAD We cut my VA Benefits for This!

[–] Brutticus@midwest.social 9 points 4 days ago

Save a nation. Ambush an ICE agent.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Death to ICE

We need to find a way to not only stop this, but demolish the entire department.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Government contractors are going to be rolling in it

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

When are they not?

[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do they get paid weekly, or do they get paid per bounty as such? It just seems like a horrible stain for a country in peril

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Pour money into the bureaucracy that would process immigrants quickly?

Nah, mOAr GunS!!!