Congressional Republicans passed a budget bill, signed by President Trump, which significantly increases funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making it the largest domestic police force in the US. The budget also includes tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts to social programs, while expanding ICE's jurisdiction beyond immigration enforcement and increasing its capacity for detention and surveillance.
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TL;DR: Key points with love ❤️Congressional Republicans passed a budget bill, signed by President Trump, which significantly increases funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making it the largest domestic police force in the US. The budget also includes tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts to social programs, while expanding ICE's jurisdiction beyond immigration enforcement and increasing its capacity for detention and surveillance.
Trending- 1 Trump's first term: Approximately $10bn spent on border wall.
- 2 2023: Anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles, Trump federalized National Guard.
- 3 Last week (prior to article): Pentagon added 140 miles of land to marine air station in Arizona.
- 4 Thursday (prior to article): Congressional Republicans passed Trump's 1,000-page budget.
- 5 Saturday (prior to article): President Trump signed the budget bill.
- 6 Next decade: Cuts to healthcare and food programs average about $120bn each year.
- ICE becoming the largest domestic police force in the US
- Increased surveillance and detention capabilities for ICE
- Potential for ICE to target anyone considered "undesirable"
- Increased financial burden on immigrants through new fees
- Upward redistribution of wealth
- Increased hunger and sickness among the poor
- More precarious work conditions
- Worsening climate change
- Blurring of federal, local, and military law enforcement boundaries
- Rise in rage and crime due to lack of social support
- Mobilization of police and military to suppress dissent and protect oligarchs' property
What: Congressional Republicans passed a budget bill, signed by President Trump, that drastically increases funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other border security measures, while cutting social programs and providing tax cuts for the wealthy. This expansion is set to make ICE the largest domestic police force in the US, with resources exceeding all federal surveillance and carceral agencies combined, and more agents than the FBI. The budget also introduces new fees for immigrants seeking legal status or visas.
When: Thursday (congressional Republicans passed Trump’s budget), Saturday (president signed it), over the next decade (cuts to healthcare and food programs), two years ago (anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles), last week (Pentagon added 140 miles of land), first term (Trump's first term spent $10bn on border wall).
Where: United States (US), Congress, Senate, Los Angeles, Arizona, Texas, Florida Everglades, California, Virginia, Hawaii, southern border.
Why: To reshape the US in Trump's "amoral, racist, violence-intoxicated image," enrich himself and wealthy friends, and expand immigration enforcement and domestic policing capabilities. The budget reflects the makers' values of upward wealth redistribution and investment in a police state to control a desperate populace.
How: By passing a 1,000-page budget bill that allocates $45bn for immigrant detention over four years, $170bn to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to hire 10,000 new ICE agents and 8,500 border patrol agents, and over $45bn to complete Trump's border wall. It also includes new fees for immigrants and federalizes national guard/deploys military for immigration enforcement, blurring lines between federal, local, and military operations.