GOP Budget Bill Would Make ICE "Largest Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the History of the Nation"

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The budget bill just passed by the Senate provides more than $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement and detention. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, who worked on an analysis published by the American Immigration Council, says the new budget would make ICE “the single largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of the nation.”

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