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If the OBBB passes, ICE will be supercharged on a massive scale: - $45 billion to more than double ICE detention capacity to roughly 100k beds.- $14 billion for transport & removal.- $8 billion to hire 10,000 additional ICE personnel, more than doubling current 5k deportation officers.- $1.3 billion for ICE OPLA (additional attorneys & support staff).- $858 million for signing & retention bonuses. - $787 for state/local participation in ICE/DHS efforts. - $700 million for technology enhancements.- $650 million for 287g/local ICE cooperation. - $600 million for recruitment, hiring, & onboarding.- $200 million for fleet modernization.- $20 million to detain aliens with their children.Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told me this funding would be a “game changer” for the agency.This would give one of President Trump’s biggest agenda items - mass deportations - a massive shot in the arm.https://x.com/billmelugin_/status/1940595458126295092?s=12