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Congress Sends One Big, Beautiful Bill to Trump’s Desk with Unprecedented Enforcement Funding

The legislation channels more than $100 billion to ICE through 2029, imposing social program cuts, remittance taxes, new asylum fees.

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Protestors marched against ongoing ICE raids in the Boyle Heights neighborhood on July 01 in Los Angeles. Organizers called on protestors to call out sick from work and join.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) can be seen speaking during a stop on the ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ tour with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) at Grand Park on April 12, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Overview

  • The House approved the One Big, Beautiful Bill 218–214 after the Senate’s earlier passage, sending the package to President Trump’s desk.
  • Over $100 billion is earmarked for ICE and CBP through September 2029, a budget that elevates ICE to the nation’s largest law enforcement agency.
  • Key allocations include $46.5 billion for southern border barriers, $45 billion for detention capacity and $29.9 billion to hire and train 18,000 new ICE and Border Patrol officers.
  • Cost offsets come from cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other social programs, a 1 percent remittance tax on money sent by non-citizens and a $100 asylum application fee.
  • Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem praised the funding boost as essential for expanding daily deportations and enhancing border security.