by American cities saw the deployment of thousands of new deportation agents. Detention space should be doubled in order to house tens of thousands of immigrants prior to their expulsion. artificial intelligence-equipped monitoring towers and miles of new border wall.
After months of battling to overcome personnel shortages and technical obstacles that have thwarted his goal to record the most deportations in American history, President Trump’s top immigration authorities finally plan to implement that comprehensive plan.
The great majority of the $170 billion that Mr. Trump has secured for his immigration program will go to the Department of Homeland Security over a four-year period, following weeks of pressure on members of Congress to embrace his centerpiece domestic policy legislation.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will become the most well-funded law enforcement department in the federal government, with its yearly budget alone expected to increase from approximately $8 billion to roughly $28 billion.
The increased funding will support a vigorous effort to hire up to 10,000 more agents, who will be stationed across the United States and in places like more York City and Los Angeles. Additionally, the funds are a boon to private prison corporations, who have already hurried to offer the administration new contracts to operate correctional facilities.
In an interview, Mr. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, stated that “you’re going to see immigration enforcement on a level you’ve never seen it before.”
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