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Congress set to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents
NBC News ^ | 6/27/25 | Jonathan Allen

Posted on 06/28/2025 3:59:04 PM PDT by Libloather

President Donald Trump is on the verge of getting billions of dollars from Congress to recruit and retain agents to carry out the mass deportation campaign that was one of the central promises of his campaign.

Trump has been on a roll in his efforts to combat illegal immigration and remove undocumented immigrants from the country, and both advocates and critics of his plans say that bolstering border security and interior enforcement will make it easier for him to execute on his vision.

The issue, a key tenet of his MAGA movement for a decade, helped him win back the White House in 2024. It remains his strongest issue, with 51% of adults approving of his handling of immigration and 49% disapproving, according to an NBC News Decision Desk poll powered by SurveyMonkey that was released this month.

Illegal border crossings, as he and other administration officials often point out, have dropped precipitously, even without the completion of a long-pursued border wall.

And the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a way that allows him to continue his push to deny the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship to some people born in the U.S. — at least for now.

But the heart of his campaign to deport millions of undocumented people has been beating more slowly than he would like. Administration officials say they can kick-start it if Congress delivers on a budget measure Trump nicknamed the "big beautiful bill," which would spend billions of dollars to boost the ranks of border agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: agents; congress; ice; recruit
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Agreed. More ICE please!


21 posted on 06/28/2025 4:30:37 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: bigbob

Hmmm...sounds like a merchandising opportunity!

Buttons, T-shirts, etc.


22 posted on 06/28/2025 4:33:13 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Libloather

Johnathan you ignorant slut.


23 posted on 06/28/2025 4:34:26 PM PDT by Judge Bean
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To: Libloather

Rand “I hate everything” Paul and Ron “deep state talking points” Johnson disapprove.


24 posted on 06/28/2025 4:36:35 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: 9YearLurker

“Michael Yon says he’ll know they’re serious about deportations when they start loading up shiploads of illegals”

When the Republicans in Congress give Homan the budget for shiploads I’m sure we will see it. Until then Yon, and more than a few people around here, need to learn how budget cycles work. DHS is still under the last Biden budget and they’re burning through that pretty damned quick.

So get on the blower to your Congresscritter and tell them to pass the Bill they have in front of them. Maybe rattle that idiot Massie’s cage while you’re at it.

L


25 posted on 06/28/2025 5:39:11 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

No reason to get snippy. Go with suspending posse commitatus for illegals and you’ll have your budget to tap.


26 posted on 06/28/2025 6:01:16 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: All

imagine if replaced all the tsa with ice


27 posted on 06/28/2025 6:04:25 PM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: tumblindice

Once again I’ll ask those who think birthright citizenship is in the constitution:If foreign diplomats children born in the US aren’t granted citizenship, how are illegal immigrants any different?


28 posted on 06/28/2025 6:09:46 PM PDT by sgt_lau (No one loves Mexico as much as the people who refuse to live there.)
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To: Libloather

Not news so much so; say... back when 44 bungle in the jungle took it upons hisself to add 81,000 armed tax collectors set upon the citizens theirselves.?!

Shame on the fake news, no differentiations, only narrativing and party lineage.


29 posted on 06/28/2025 6:37:39 PM PDT by Recompennation
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To: Libloather

that’s fine, illegals cost us TRILLIONS!


30 posted on 06/28/2025 6:45:03 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: 9YearLurker

“Go with suspending posse commitatus for illegals and you’ll have your budget to tap.”

Not gonna happen.

So deal with reality.

L


31 posted on 06/28/2025 7:12:46 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Libloather

Head em up, move em out!!


32 posted on 06/28/2025 7:20:07 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Libloather

Better to call up the Unorganized Militia and train them for a bounty program, with heavy penalties for false arrest. We need manpower, but we don’t want a permanent police state. Why not structure it to disband as the job winds down?


33 posted on 06/28/2025 8:22:26 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Libloather

Good times!


34 posted on 06/28/2025 9:35:24 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Libloather

Excellent idea!


35 posted on 06/28/2025 9:52:36 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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To: Libloather

#1 post: Trump should do that just to show to show what hypocrites they are. The democrats do not like illegals except as cheap help .

Blnk
36 posted on 06/29/2025 1:58:14 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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