Axios - President Trump's vow to deport "millions and millions" of unauthorized immigrants is meeting harsh reality and already stretching the limits of the government's resources less than four weeks into the new administration, Axios' Brittany Gibson writes.
- A lack of funds, detention space, officers and infrastructure to handle arrested immigrants is frustrating many involved in the effort — and made goals such as 1 million deportations this year seem unrealistic.
That urgency led the White House to ask Congress for an immediate infusion of $175 billion to help ICE acquire more detention space, boost staff and address other needs. "At the end of the day, we've gotta just spend money," Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said in a brief interview at the White House. "Unfortunately the American taxpayers are going to have to pay the bill on this." More
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