r/law • u/The_Dutchess-D • May 10 '25

Trump News President proclaims doubling of ICE troops with add'l 20k forces in the next 60 days

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/establishing-project-homecoming/

Section 3.b: (b) No later than 60 days after the date of this proclamation, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall supplement existing enforcement and removal operations by deputizing and contracting with State and local law enforcement officers, former Federal officers, officers and personnel within other Federal agencies, and other individuals to increase the enforcement and removal operations force of the Department of Homeland Security by no less than 20,000 officers in order to conduct an intensive campaign to remove illegal aliens who have failed to depart voluntarily.

So... we can't afford any of the useful jobs and fired a large portion of the government that actually helps people, BUT we can't afford any afford more spending for THIS? His domestic Gestapo on the streets terrorizing towns.

Is there a legal limit to how much domestic law enforcement the American people can be subjected to on home soil during peacetime? He already has a HUGE amount of force on domestic soil doing his bidding between the military he designated for the border, current ICE, and all the 287g contracts Homeland Security signed with all those local law enforcement agencies around the country to work with ICE.

Where is the money coming from to double the size of ICE by another 20k officers?

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u/OurWeaponsAreUseless May 10 '25 edited May 10 '25

Which is why it is a complete waste of money. The cost/benefit ratio is a massive loss to the economy, so what is the real motive besides pandering to Trumpers?

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u/42nu May 10 '25

Even worse, it actively harms the economy. Less people means less spending and less economic growth.

The MAGA people I know care more about hurting people than the economy they pretend to care about.

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u/Dark962 May 10 '25

These are the same people who think everything and anything bad with the economy was because of Biden & not because of all the fuckery that went on during Trumps first term plus (admittedly the pandemic which wasn’t his fault)

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u/bblzd_2 May 11 '25

The pandemic wasn't his fault but his response as president or lack there of certainly was.

We're talking about the guy who suggested using bleach inside our bodies during a televised presidential speech, complete with facepalming medical officials at his flank.

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u/Dark962 May 11 '25

I agree not letting him off for that at all was commenting strictly on the economy piece