As Money Rushed In, ICE’s Rapid Expansion Stalled Out

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F ew provisions in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act were as thrilling to immigration hard-liners as the $45 billion it provided to supersize the ICE detention system. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had long complained that a lack of jail space constrained their ability to deport more people. The bill gave ICE enough money to nearly triple its detention capacity to more than 100,000 beds—a “once-in-a-generation opportunity,” the White House called it. But in the

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As Money Rushed In, ICE’s Rapid Expansion Stalled Out https://www.theatlantic.com - 06.10.2025 14:37