ICE Begs for Funding Amid Stalled Deportations

The administration wants one million deportations. First, they need cash.

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Anthony Constantini
May 02, 2025

_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

According to Trump administration insiders, the president’s goal is to boot one million illegals.

President Donald Trump was reportedly upset at the slow pace of illegal migrant deportations last month. And while the administration has picked up the pace when it comes to arrests, deportation numbers are still lagging.

With its current budget, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) simply does not have the manpower, nor the physical space, to manage the sort of mass deportations Trump discussed on the campaign trail.

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