Facing a budget shortfall, the Trump administration is exploring options to redirect funds to ICE, including cuts from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Coast Guard. While the administration has the authority to move money within the Department of Homeland Security, these potential cuts could face backlash due to their impact on airport security and other crucial agencies.
The average cost to ICE to deport a single person during the Biden administration was about $10,500, sources told NBC News.Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the principal agency tasked with carrying out President Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations, faces a budget shortfall , and Trump administration officials are considering pulling funding from the Transportation Security Administration to make up for it, according to two sources familiar with the discussions.
A former and a current DHS official told NBC News that during the Biden administration the average cost to ICE to deport a single person was about $10,500, starting with the arrest through the person’s time in detention and onto a flight back to the person’s home country. in May found that from 2014 to 2023, DHS — under which ICE, the TSA, CISA and the Coast Guard all fall — had notified Congress that it planned to move a total of $1.8 billion to help parts of ICE that needed more money.
In his inaugural address, Trump promised his administration would deport “millions and millions.” If the average cost to deport one person remains the same as during the previous administration, the Trump administration would be looking at spending $10.5 billion to deport just 1 million migrants.
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