ICE budget now bigger than most of the world's militaries
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Donald Trump wants to inject $150 billion into his immigration crackdown over the next four years.

The Senate has passed a bill making Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the U.S.'s largest interior law enforcement agency with funding for Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda higher than most of the world’s militaries, including Israel’s.

Pending its passage in the House of Representatives, Trump’s bill could mean a massive increase in ICE funding as part of an immigration enforcement agenda worth $150 billion over four years.

This figure is more than the annual military budget of Italy, which at $30.8 billion, is the world’s 16th highest defense spender for this year according to tracker Global Fire Power.

It is also higher than military spending for Israel, ($30 billion), the Netherlands ($27 billion) and Brazil ($26.1 billion).

    • protojefe@lemmy.ca
      6·
      2 days ago

      Until you acquire a new citizenship and renounce your US citizenship, the US government affects everything you do, regardless of where you are. Just leaving with no intention of returning does nothing. Source: me

      • Damionsipher@lemmy.world
        32·
        2 days ago

        That anyone would want to be part of a regime that oppressive and call it freedom is insane, to put it lightly.

    • JordanZ@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      For more info…the legal requirement is part of FATCA

      The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which was passed as part of the HIRE Act, generally requires that foreign financial Institutions and certain other non-financial foreign entities report on the foreign assets held by their U.S. account holders or be subject to withholding on withholdable payments.