Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to increase immigration enforcement efforts across the United States. This involves boosting the number of arrests and deportations, supported by additional funding from a new law called the One Big, Beautiful Bill. DHS is also recruiting more agents to help carry out these operations.
Key Facts
- DHS plans to increase immigration enforcement with more arrests and deportations.
- The One Big, Beautiful Bill provides $45 billion for expanding detention capacity for immigration enforcement.
- ICE will receive $14 billion to improve transportation and removal operations of undocumented individuals.
- An additional $8 billion is designated to hire 10,000 new deportation officers.
- ICE got more than 175,000 job applications and has offered over 18,000 tentative positions.
- The DHS aims to fully integrate these new recruits by fiscal year 2029.
- ICE's budget will significantly increase, potentially reaching over $100 billion by 2029.
- DHS spokesperson noted that about 1.6 million migrants have left the U.S. since January 20, 2021.
