The Trump administration is considering reallocating funds from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Coast Guard, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cover the rising costs of deportations, according to sources familiar with the discussions, as reported by NBC News.
ICE, responsible for enforcing President Donald Trump's push for mass deportations, faces a significant budget shortfall. A former and a current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told the outlet that the cost of deporting a single person during the previous administration averaged about $10,500, from arrest to removal. With Trump's directive to deport 'millions and millions' of people and increase daily arrests to between 1,200 and 1,500 people, the costs are expected to soar.
