ICE’s $175 billion windfall: Trump’s mass deportation force set to receive military-level funding

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President Donald Trump’s budget, which passed the Senate Tuesday, allocated some $175 billion towards his mass deportation campaign, more money than almost any country spends on its military, and many times the estimated yearly cost it would take to end world hunger. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans green lit a budget that would cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans while slashing services like Medicaid and SNAP for everyone else. For the White House, however, the most important part of the bill seems to be the funding for Trump’s campaign to purge immigrants and, potentially, American citizens from the country. Vice President...