August 5, 2025
House grills Trump on $170B deportation plan amid record low arrests
Republicans push $170B enforcement spending as immigrant communities lose funding
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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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Did the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 4, 2025) allocate nearly $170 billion to the Department of Homeland Securityâalmost double its FY2025 discretionary budget of $64.81 billion?
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How much additional funding does H.R. 1 provide for immigration enforcement?
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In his December 18, 2024 interview with CNNâs Kaitlan Collins on The Source, Tom Homan said ICEâs Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) branch comprises about how many officers nationwide?
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Has the Trump administration explored using U.S. military basesâincluding Fort Bliss, Camp Atterbury, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurstâto detain migrants prior to removal?
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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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Andrew Garbarino
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman
Michael Guest
House Homeland Security Border Security Subcommittee Chairman
Kristi Noem
Homeland Security Secretary