Michael Cohen - The Cost of Cruelty: ICE Goes Broke
Let’s get something straight from the jump: any president—yes, even President Trump—has the legal authority to enact immigration policy and deport undocumented individuals who’ve broken the law. That’s not controversial. That’s not unconstitutional. Hell, even President Obama, who deported more undocumented immigrants than Trump did in his first term, did so with little fanfare. Quietly. Efficiently. Like a grown-up handling serious policy instead of a reality TV producer chasing ratings.
But what we’re seeing now? This isn’t about law and order. This is about optics. Chaos. Power. And as always with Trump: money. Or rather, in this case, the gross mismanagement of it.
Let’s talk facts, not Trumpian fiction: ICE, under President Trump’s “Go Big or Go Broke” deportation push, is hemorrhaging cash. The agency is already a billion dollars over budget—with three months left in the fiscal year. You read that right: billion, with a “B.” And unless Congress bails him out or he pulls another “national emergency” stunt like he did in 2020 to steal Pentagon funds for his border wall, the whole operation could go belly-up by next month.
Now, let’s take a moment and ask the obvious question: Why? Why is ICE teetering on the edge of insolvency? Because Trump demanded that at least 3,000 migrants be detained per day. Not just the violent criminals. Not the cartel thugs. Not MS-13. Not the threats to public safety. No—he wants anyone undocumented: the dishwasher at your local diner, the guy picking your strawberries, the woman changing sheets at your hotel.
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