Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E4.3nwQ.vEw07FgRQ-5P

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Drusas@fedia.io · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

"Efficiency".

adarza@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

it is, with the efficiency the federal government is capable of, transferring taxpayer money into very specific pockets, from which a much smaller amount will actually go towards 'detention'.

ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y

They sure love spending money on things which are harmful to others like the military and prisons.

SkillfulBooh@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y

There is always a big industry behind these decisions, one just has to look up who is "donating" money to the politicians