ImmigrationTax & BudgetPublic Policy
August 5, 2025House grills Trump on $170B deportation plan amid record low arrests
Republicans push $170B enforcement spending as immigrant communities lose funding
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Michael Guest requested briefing on $170 billion immigration enforcement funding on Aug. 5, 2025
One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocates $45 billion for detention centers, $30 billion for ICE staffing
$46.5 billion allocated over four years for border wall construction
$10 billion allocated for State Border Security Reinforcement Fund
Administration cut over $1 billion from Homeland Security Grant Programs to non-cooperative states
FEMA staff reassigned to immigration enforcement operations
Border apprehensions in Jul. 2025 hit historic lows at 4,399 arrests
Funding supports up to one million deportations annually
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