Immigrant advocates have warned that the tax and spending bill championed by United States President Donald Trump will send the administration’s controversial deportation campaign into overdrive.The bill — called the “One Big Beautiful Bill” among its supporters — is slated to be signed into law on Friday, ushering in an influx of funds for Trump’s immigration crackdown.
That comes as experts say the Trump administration has already taken drastic measures to increase its immigration arrests and expulsions. Those arrests have cut deep into communities across the country, prompting protests and other forms of public outcry.
In a statement following the passage of the bill, Vanessa Cardenas, the executive director of the immigration reform group America’s Voice, took aim at White House adviser Stephen Miller.
He is widely seen as the architect of Trump’s hardline immigration policies across his first and second administrations.
“His dreams are America’s nightmare,” Cardenas said. “His mass deportation crusade already is imperiling our industries, spreading fear in American communities, and ripping American families apart and would become all the worse if the big ugly bill becomes law.”
Here’s how the bill could be transformative.
Historic deportation funding
All told, the bill passed by the House and Senate earmarks about $170bn for immigration and border enforcement funding.
That, according to the American Immigration Council (AIC), represents the “largest investment in detention and deportation in US history”. Advertisement
Of that money, $45bn will go to new imm …
