Source: CounterPunch
by Michelle Ellner
“In July 2025, the U.S. Congress passed a budget that commits $131 billion to expanding detention, deportation, and border militarization. It is the largest immigration enforcement package in modern U.S. history and one that most people are funding without knowing. Public pension funds, university endowments, and municipal budgets are deeply invested in ICE’s machinery. If you pay into a retirement fund, attend a university, or live in a major city, your money might be helping detain someone. Your tax dollars already are.” (08/05/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/the-war-economy-at-the-border/