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IrishBubbaLiberal

(2,561 posts)
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:14 AM Jul 7

ICE Gestapo budget $27 BILLION, higher than FBI, ATF, DEA, Marshalls, Bureau Prisons, COMBINED

ICE's average annual budget through FY 2029 is now going to be $27.6 billion, which makes it a higher-funded agency than the FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

We are looking at a level of federal law enforcement in communities not seen in generations.

ICE's average annual budget through FY 2029 is now going to be .6 billion, which makes it a higher-funded agency than the FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

We are looking at a level of federal law enforcement in communities not seen in generations.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T15:06:20.241Z
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ICE Gestapo budget $27 BILLION, higher than FBI, ATF, DEA, Marshalls, Bureau Prisons, COMBINED (Original Post) IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 7 OP
They are going to need that money, remember that Eliot Rosewater Jul 7 #1
Trump building his personal Gestapo and SS. Lonestarblue Jul 7 #2
That's larger than many militaries around the world. C_U_L8R Jul 7 #3
Giant slush fund, hogs coming to the trough as we speak. Wingus Dingus Jul 7 #4
Not a good sign... kentuck Jul 7 #5
Kristi will get her own plane mountain grammy Jul 7 #6
It's not just about immigration enforcement LS0999 Jul 7 #7
Welcome to the police state of America. Diamond_Dog Jul 7 #8

Eliot Rosewater

(33,186 posts)
1. They are going to need that money, remember that
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:17 AM
Jul 7

Eventually, they’ll be arresting everyone who does not support the piece of shit.

I would’ve been screamed at for saying that five or six years ago and I did say it five or six years ago but oh well now we are all seeing what actually happens when you don’t unconditionally support the Democratic candidate every fucking election.

C_U_L8R

(47,692 posts)
3. That's larger than many militaries around the world.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:19 PM
Jul 7

And the immigration problem is just not that big. It's not.
Presently, ICE is hard-pressed to find any 'targets' and arrests are a relative trickle.
This over-militarization has another purpose. It may be worse than we can imagine.

kentuck

(114,437 posts)
5. Not a good sign...
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:32 PM
Jul 7

Everybody's red flag should go up on that one.

Hiring 10,000 more ICE agents?

They have their quotas.

Can you imagine the evil that is going to come from this?

LS0999

(224 posts)
7. It's not just about immigration enforcement
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:42 PM
Jul 7

This is going to be used to go after the turd's political opponents. Apparently they have no money for anything other than police and concentration camps. Everything else is "waste". I will never forget or forgive those who voted for this shit. They are not my countrymen they are my f****** enemy.

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