Much of the new allocation from Congress will go to private prison contractors tasked with doubling the nation’s capacity to lock up migrants.

Critics argue it will turbocharge an already aggressive deportation machine, deepen suffering for millions of families, and offer tax cuts to wealthy Americans.

A Texas police officer was shot near an ICE detention facility in Alvarado as the Justice Department is promising zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers and property.

United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Saturday morning on X that the Justice Department is "closely monitoring the attacks" on ICE detention facilities. "The