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📊Garbarino and Guest demand briefing on $170 billion deportation funds

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House Homeland Security Committee Republicans Andrew Garbarino and Michael Guest demanded Department of Homeland Security leadership detail how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's nearly $170 billion in immigration enforcement funding will be spent. The law allocates $45 billion for new detention centers, $30 billion for ICE staffing, $46 billion over four years for border wall construction, and $10 billion for DHS leadership—almost doubling DHS's typical annual budget. Committee members warned the administration already diverted over $1 billion from FEMA and other programs to cover enforcement costs without clear congressional oversight even as border apprehensions sit at historic lows.

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Why This Matters

💰 House oversight targets $170 billion deportation budget without clear spending authorization

Redirecting funds from FEMA, schools, and hospitals risks disaster response capacity. No legislative approval for largest deportation operation in American history.

🚔 ICE expansion to one million annual deportations disrupts agriculture and construction sectors

Labor shortage drives up food prices and construction costs. Industries dependent on immigrant workers face production collapse.

⚖️ Detention decisions lack judicial review under expedited removal procedures

Civil rights concerns mount as due process disappears. Administrative deportation replaces constitutional protections requiring court hearings.

📊 Congressional Budget Office analysis shows economic impact of mass deportation on GDP

Labor force reduction decreases tax revenue while increasing enforcement costs. Economic disruption affects entire labor market.

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In the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), how does each of the following allocations reshape federal enforcement capacity and political leverage: (a) $45 billion for 100,000 new detention beds; (b) $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement operations aiming to hire 10,000 agents; (c) $46.5 billion for border wall construction over four years; (d) $30 billion for ICE officer salaries and $50,000 hiring bonuses?

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Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), enacted July 4, 2025, Congress allocated approximately how much funding for construction of the U.S.–Mexico border wall?

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In his December 18, 2024 interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on The Source, Tom Homan said ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) branch comprises about how many officers nationwide?

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Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (enacted May 22, 2025), how much funding is allocated over four years specifically for ICE’s detention system expansion?

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In its June 5, 2025 blog post, how did the Economic Policy Institute compare the $185 billion proposed for immigration enforcement under H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress) to the annual funding for labor standards enforcement?

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According to the American Immigration Council’s July 2025 analysis of H.R. 1 – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – how much total additional funding does it allocate for immigration- and border enforcement activities to be spent by September 30, 2029?

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Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025), how much additional funding was allocated to ICE for arrest and deportation operations?

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Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 4, 2025), what specific authority does the $45 billion allocation for ICE detention centers grant regarding family units?

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In an ABC News interview, what did White House border czar Tom Homan say about how detention‐bed capacity affects his ability to make arrests?

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What provision does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act include for immigration judges?

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Why does diverting over $1 billion from FEMA’s "operations and support" account and cutting more than $1.2 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP to finance the $170 billion in immigration enforcement under H.R. 1 — the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025) — reflect a deeper reorientation of federal budgeting priorities?

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Did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 4, 2025) allocate nearly $170 billion to the Department of Homeland Security—almost double its FY2025 discretionary budget of $64.81 billion?

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How many times greater would immigration enforcement funding be compared to annual labor standards enforcement funding under the House-passed budget reconciliation bill?

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How much additional funding does H.R. 1 provide for immigration enforcement?

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Has the Trump administration explored using U.S. military bases—including Fort Bliss, Camp Atterbury, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst—to detain migrants prior to removal?

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