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Why it matters: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is already $1 billion over budget by one estimate, with more than three months left in the fiscal year. That's alarmed lawmakers in both parties — and raised the possibility of Trump clawing funds from agencies to feed ICE.

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[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I keep seeing posts like this, but the sad truth is they are going to be just fine. The DHS just got a 65% increase in their budget for 2026 to go to 60 billion dollars. I believe this is the largest percentage increase since it began. That is almost 4x the budget of NASA and includes 40 billion in discretionary spending. (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf)

Even if they run out of money before September, Congress will trip over themselves to give them more money. There are zero checks on Noem at this point.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/kristi-noem-ice-dhs-budget-trump-power.html

[–] xzot746@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Correct, they can print all the money they want, it's fake tied to nothing.

TACO will just say some stupid thing to justify it and it will continue. It has been shown that there are no checks and balances that can be or willing to be put in place.

I didn't read the article but again it's another reminder that the mainstream news isn't going to really report in anything.

ICE budget over by a billion, yeah no shit did you think all these cosplayers were already in the payroll and just hanging out at their bases looking at all the gear they have.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That budget hasn't been passed yet to my knowledge. Not to mention the president's budget request never makes it through, as the house and senate always have their own priorities.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It’s already passed the house. The senate plans on voting on it by July 4th. So far, no push back from senate republicans on the DHS side of things.

According to Wikipedia:

“The Republican-led Senate is expected to amend the bill.[63] Fiscally conservative Republican Senators (nicknamed "deficit hawks") such as Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have pushed for deeper spending cuts.[63][64] Moderate Republicans such as Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jerry Moran of Kansas, along with populist Josh Hawley of Missouri, have expressed concerns about Medicaid cuts.[63][65] Other moderates such as John Curtis of Utah and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, along with Murkowski and Moran, have also expressed concerns over the end of green energy tax credits.[63] Defense hawks such as Mike Rounds of South Dakota are opposed to spectrum auction provisions in the bill.”

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From my recollection, and I could be wrong, the major issue is that passing the budget has gotten intertwined a bit with the Big Beautiful bill. This is largely due to issues around tax breaks and other legislation in the BBB having budget impacts. So I had thought that the general consensus was the BBB would need to pass before there was a chance of the budget going forward, but I may have some of those facts backwards.

[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yea, I think you are correct. The BBB will be voted on July 4th, not the budget. I had my facts backward. That said, I still don’t anticipate a lot of DHS pushback. Although I hope congress does change it considerably. It’s a mess as is.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I don't expect DHS pushback (policy wise), but I do suspect they won't get all the money Trump was asking for.

There is also a lot of belief that the BBB won't get settled before July 4th. Given that it's still getting passed back and forth between the house and senate and they only have next week.