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175,000 Americans Answer the Call
McLaughlin announced that ICE has already received 175,000 applications since Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which supercharged the agency’s funding and operations. The wave of applications is the largest in DHS history, signaling overwhelming public support for stronger immigration enforcement.
“This will allow the agency to really surge our workforce and get more brave men and women on the ground to do this great work,” she said.
She praised the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem, crediting them for standing firm against activist judges and sanctuary city politicians who’ve spent years trying to block enforcement.
“But I do have to say, I think what Secretary Noem and President Trump have been able to do is really nothing short of extraordinary. They’ve faced — law enforcement has faced demonizations, the injunctions from these activist judges, these sanctuary city politicians trying to prevent us time and time again. We’re not giving an inch, and we will deliver on the mandate for the American people.”
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Supercharges ICE
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted in July 2025, represents a historic turning point. The legislation delivers an additional $75 billion to ICE over four years — a 300% increase over its previous $10 billion annual budget. By FY 2029, total ICE funding will exceed $100 billion, making it the most well-funded law enforcement agency in America.
Out of this massive allocation:
- $45 billion will expand ICE’s detention system, doubling capacity from 41,500 to over 100,000 beds.
- $30 billion will go toward deportation operations, hiring incentives, upgraded transportation and IT systems, and expanded cooperation with local law enforcement through 287(g) agreements.
These funds will also cover retention bonuses, new immigration attorneys and prosecutors, and large-scale modernization of ICE’s infrastructure — all critical to handling the record flow of illegal border crossers.
Building the Largest ICE Force in History
The plan is expected to add 10,000 new agents over the next five years, with full integration by FY 2029. According to DHS data, ICE currently employs around 20,000 personnel, with fewer than 6,000 dedicated to deportation operations. That means the department’s deportation branch is set to nearly triple in size — a transformation unlike anything in U.S. history.
This expanded manpower will give ICE the muscle it needs to pursue criminal illegal aliens hiding in sanctuary cities, execute workplace enforcement, and dismantle trafficking networks that have flourished under past administrations.
A New Era of Enforcement
For years, Americans have watched Washington debate immigration reform while border chaos spiraled out of control. Now, under the Trump-Noem administration, those debates are turning into action.
With the largest law enforcement surge in modern history underway, McLaughlin’s message is clear: ICE isn’t backing down, and the era of unchecked illegal immigration is coming to an end.
“We’re not giving an inch, and we will deliver on the mandate for the American people.”
This time, it looks like they mean it.
