Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Trump administration executive order on homelessness enforcement — In July 2025, the Trump administration signed an executive order designed to make it easier for states to clear homeless encampments and force people into involuntary drug and mental health treatment. The order also called for cutting funding for "housing first" approaches, which research shows are the most effective and cost-effective method for reducing homelessness (88% reduction, $1.80 benefit per dollar spent). The order provides no funding for housing or additional services.
• Trump stated plans for expansion of detention facilities across multiple states — When asked how many detention facilities like the Everglades facility the country needs to enact mass deportations, Trump stated: "Well, I think we'd like to see them in many states, really, many states. This one, I know Ron's doing a second one, at least a second one, and probably a couple of more. And, you know, at some point, they might morph into a system where you're going to keep it for a long time." The statement indicates plans for a permanent, nationwide detention infrastructure.
• Trump visited new detention facility in Florida Everglades — President Trump visited a newly constructed detention facility in the Florida Everglades designed to hold 5,000 undocumented immigrants. The facility, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," consists of tents with cages and costs $450 million annually, with reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Trump appeared at the facility with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, making public statements about immigration enforcement and detention expansion.
• Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in July — Trump toured the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention facility in the Everglades in July, a hastily constructed tent-like detention center surrounded by mosquito-infested swampland about 50 miles outside Miami. Trump appeared to revel in the facility's harsh conditions in a calculated display of draconian showmanship. Of the 57,000 people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, more than 70% have no criminal record. The facility has become a symbol of the administration's mass deportation era.
• Trump visits and celebrates harsh migrant detention facility in Florida Everglades — President Trump toured "Alligator Alcatraz," a newly constructed temporary migrant detention camp in the remote Florida Everglades near Ochopee, accompanied by Governor Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Trump publicly celebrated the harsh conditions, making jokes about alligators and snakes, and stated he "couldn't care less" about controversy. The facility, built on mosquito-infested swampland in extreme heat, is designed to hold up to 5,000 detainees and cost $450 million. Environmental groups and Native American tribes have filed lawsuits challenging the project.

Supporting reports

• Senate bill would expand ICE detention and enforcement capacity — The Senate reconciliation bill would provide ICE with $45 billion for detentions (on top of current $3.4 billion annual budget), $14.4 billion for transportation and removal (on top of current $750 million), and $8 billion for hiring through fiscal year 2029. Immigration experts warn this could make ICE the nation's largest jailer, with more detention funding than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons and more officers than the FBI.
• Senate allocates additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — The Senate budget reconciliation bill includes an additional $45 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), significantly increasing its budget for detaining migrants. This funding is on top of the existing annual budget of $3.4 billion and includes provisions for new hires and retention.
• Budget reconciliation bill allocates $45 billion for migrant detention — The Republican budget reconciliation bill includes $45 billion for migrant detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over five years, more than thirteen times the current annual ICE detention budget of $3.4 billion. The bill also allocates $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, compared to the current annual budget of $750 million. Trump demanded passage by July 4 partly because the Department of Homeland Security has exhausted its budget.
• Reconciliation bill allocates $172 billion for immigration enforcement crackdown — Trump's reconciliation megabill includes $172 billion to finance a massive immigration crackdown, exceeding the annual military spending of every country except China. The funding includes $45 billion for ICE immigration jails (more than 13 times the current budget), $14.4 billion for ICE enforcement and removal actions, $8 billion for hiring and retention, and $50 billion for completing the southern border wall. The funding would give ICE a larger jail budget than the Federal Bureau of Prisons and enable hiring more agents than the FBI.
• Reconciliation bill includes $158 billion in new defense spending — Trump's reconciliation megabill includes $158 billion in new defense spending, including $25 billion to initiate the "Golden Dome," a space-based missile defense system that many experts believe will be ineffective and may ultimately cost as much as $500 billion. The bill also includes $29 billion for new ships, $23 billion for munitions, and $15 billion for nuclear weapons. Most funding will be funneled to military contractors. Combined with the Trump administration's budget request, total annual U.S. military spending will exceed $1 trillion.
• Senate passes Trump immigration enforcement spending bill with $170bn for ICE — The Senate passed Trump's spending bill on Tuesday, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The measure allocates approximately $170bn for immigration and border enforcement, including $45bn for detention centers (enabling 116,000 daily detentions), $46.6bn for border wall construction, and new fees on asylum applications ($100 plus $100 annually). The bill caps immigration judges at 800 despite millions of pending cases and would enable indefinite family detention, potentially violating the Flores settlement. Critics warn the spending will supercharge mass deportations and restrict humanitarian protections.
• Congress allocates $170.7 billion for immigration and border enforcement over four years — Legislation, referred to as Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," allocates $170.7 billion to immigration and border enforcement programs over the next four years. This represents a significant increase compared to ICE's current annual budget of approximately $8 billion, substantially expanding resources for mass deportation and immigration enforcement operations.
• Trump administration signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocating $6bn to US-Mexico border surveillance expansion — President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) into law on July 4, 2025, providing $165bn in additional funding to the Department of Homeland Security over four years, with more than $6bn earmarked for border surveillance technology. The funding supports biometric systems ($673m), surveillance towers ($140m), social media monitoring, license plate readers, and phone hacking capabilities. Private contractors including Palantir, Anduril, the GEO Group, Core Civic, and facial recognition firms stand to profit significantly from the expansion.
• Trump administration expands ICE funding and personnel by 50% to support mass deportation campaign — President Trump's megabill, enacted July 4, 2025, allocates an additional $76.5 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement over four years and authorizes hiring 10,000 additional ICE staff—a 50% personnel increase. White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller stated the administration aims for a minimum of 3,000 ICE arrests daily, targeting one million arrests annually. Currently, 71.1% of those in ICE detention have no criminal conviction. The expansion is intended to fulfill Trump's mass deportation campaign promise.
• One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law, funding ICE at military-scale budget levels — On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law. The legislation, forced through Congress by Republicans, slashes social programs while allocating ICE funding at levels comparable to the U.S. Army budget. The act enables ICE to recruit new agents aggressively, offering $50,000 signing bonuses and student loan forgiveness, with the stated goal to "defend the homeland" and "flood the zone" with agents in sanctuary cities.