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There’s an Alarming Part of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” You Probably Haven’t Heard Much About
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Ever since Republicans’ budget megabill passed the GOP-controlled House—by just one vote, mind you—the headlines about it have largely focused on its cuts to Medicaid. But one noteworthy aspect of the bill has gotten much less attention: It would massively increase the amount of taxpayer dollars going to immigration enforcement.
Though Republicans are touting the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as a historic tax-saving, economy-boosting piece of legislation, it sets aside a whopping $80 billion for immigration enforcement, according to an analysis by the American Immigration Council. All in all, the AIC concluded that if signed into law, the OBBBA “would represent the single biggest increase in funding to immigration enforcement in the history of the United States.”
Currently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has “an annual budget of approximately $8 billion,” and $3.4 billion of that is spent on detention, according to the AIC. Under the OBBBA, the agency would be given $45 billion for immigration detention alone through September 2029, which amounts to about $12 billion annually. The bill........
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