Why it matters: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is already $1 billion over budget by one estimate, with more than three months left in the fiscal year. That’s alarmed lawmakers in both parties — and raised the possibility of Trump clawing funds from agencies to feed ICE.

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    5 days ago

    I keep seeing posts like this, but the sad truth is they are going to be just fine. The DHS just got a 65% increase in their budget for 2026 to go to 60 billion dollars. I believe this is the largest percentage increase since it began. That is almost 4x the budget of NASA and includes 40 billion in discretionary spending. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf)

    Even if they run out of money before September, Congress will trip over themselves to give them more money. There are zero checks on Noem at this point.

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/kristi-noem-ice-dhs-budget-trump-power.html

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      4 days ago

      Correct, they can print all the money they want, it’s fake tied to nothing.

      TACO will just say some stupid thing to justify it and it will continue. It has been shown that there are no checks and balances that can be or willing to be put in place.

      I didn’t read the article but again it’s another reminder that the mainstream news isn’t going to really report in anything.

      ICE budget over by a billion, yeah no shit did you think all these cosplayers were already in the payroll and just hanging out at their bases looking at all the gear they have.