Jul. 11 at 5:39 PM
OBBBA will triple federal spending on immigrant detention by earmarking
$45B over the next 4-years. That's more than the Obama, Biden & first Trump admins spent combined.
ICE said the funding would allow them to roughly double detention capacity to 100,000 beds
ICE has awarded new or extended contracts this year to at least nine facilities operated by
$GEO &
$CXW along w/ others managing tent-based detention centers
Cato: Nationwide, ICE had detained 56,397 immigrants as of June 15, highest number on record since the agency began disclosing such data & far above its funded capacity of 41,500
As of June 14, ICE had booked into detention 204,297 individuals
Total unauthorized (visa-overstay + illegal-crossing) population in the US in 2025: 11.5M to 12.5M w/ visa overstays as 50–55% of the total
Under the new Catch-and-Revoke policy, 12.5M green card holders at risk
Spending bill also earmarks
$46.5B for construction of the unfinished border wall &
$6B for surveillance & tech
