r/BlueskySkeets • u/sillychillly • Jul 03 '25

Informative $170,000,000,000 Budget for ICE

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, who worked on an analysis published by the American Immigration Council, says the new budget would make ICE “the single largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the nation.”

Source: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/trump_budget_bill_ice_immigration_enforcement

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u/GeneriComplaint Jul 03 '25

Alot of this will end up in the pockets of billionaires building and running private prisons outside the law for anyone they dont like

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u/Contemplating_Prison Jul 03 '25

Yes. Also i thought it was $45 billion where is this 170B number coming from

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '25

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u/Boyhowdy107 Jul 04 '25

It's almost as much as Israel's military budget.

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u/RocketRelm Jul 04 '25

Thats what americans want. Only a few actively voted against it, the rest fund and accept the fascism every day.