Let’s do the numbers:

“While the measure slashes public welfare programs, it pours $170.7 billion into immigration enforcement. The American Immigration Council broke out the numbers today: The Senate bill provides $51.6 billion to build a wall on the border, **more than three times what Trump spent on the wall in his first term**. It provides $45 billion for detention facilities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, **an increase of 265% in ICE’s annual detention budget.”**

“It provides $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement, a threefold increase in ICE’s annual budget.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-1-2025

#priorities #policestate #secretpolice

July 1, 2025

Just after noon today, the Senate passed its version of the budget reconciliation bill.

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@grammasaurus the world is turning into dust by the minute. Pray God save us all