>>155818, >>155819, >>155820
Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ - If the OBBB passes, ICE will be supercharged on a massive scale:
- $45 billion to more than double ICE detention capacity to roughly 100k beds.
- $14 billion for transport & removal.
- $8 billion to hire 10,000 additional ICE personnel, more than doubling current 5k deportation officers.
- $1.3 billion for ICE OPLA (additional attorneys & support staff).
- $858 million for signing & retention bonuses.
- $787 for state/local participation in ICE/DHS efforts.
- $700 million for technology enhancements.
- $650 million for 287g/local ICE cooperation.
- $600 million for recruitment, hiring, & onboarding.
- $200 million for fleet modernization.
- $20 million to detain aliens with their children.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told me this funding would be a “game changer” for the agency.
This would give one of President Trump’s biggest agenda items - mass deportations - a massive shot in the arm.
https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1940595458126295092