Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State

ICE’s annual budget for detentions would skyrocket from $3.4 billion to $45 billion.

Jul 02, 2025

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by Chris Lehmann

ICE in Newark — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents guard outside Delaney Hall, a migrant detention facility. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images)

Amid all the frenzied MAGA agitprop and bald-faced lying that have marked the final stages of Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill, it’s been easy to lose sight of its transformative policy agenda.…

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