The sprawling tax bill signed into law by President Trump on July 4, known by many as the "Big Beautiful Bill", includes a sweeping new immigration funding package which allocates more than $170 billion to immigration and border enforcement through 2029, an amount critics and policy experts say entrenches a punitive system and weakens oversight.
The legislation provides nearly $30 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and $45 billion to expand detention capacity—enough to hold over 100,000 people, according to a new report by The Hill. It also directs $47 billion toward continued construction of the southern border wall.
