The U.S. government is trying to get a staggering $175 billion(!) for ICE funding this decade. The current annual budget for ICE is only $9 billion.

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how positive that extra spending can be though? in terms of increasing security/safety for americans?

but also the way they are framing it suggests front-loading...i.e. if they made it $25 billion for a few years at the start they could do a lot with that

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That would be the 'best case scenario', I feel/fear it's actually that much of an expansion

That’s insane — there’s a major grift in here somewhere

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Debating with a friend whether America is capable of producing the kind of strong union culture that facilitated the manufacturing boom of the 1950.

Or perhaps America decides to further leverage and scale the prison population instead.

scaling the prison population err "local manufacturing" won't be cheap!

scaling the prison population err "local manufacturing" won't be cheap! https://warpcast.com/shazow.eth/0x795a419f

$9 billion too much. Wasting money on thugs.

Creating an American gestapo won’t be cheap.