Drain ICE Act of 2026

Key Points

• This bill, introduced by Representative Ansari, would stop federal funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It would do this by canceling parts of a major law passed in 2025 that provided money for the agency.
• The lawmakers who wrote the bill argue that current immigration enforcement is too aggressive and that many people are being held in detention centers with poor conditions, even if they have no criminal record.
• The proposal claims that the government is spending too much on detaining immigrants and not enough on other safety missions, like stopping drug smuggling or human trafficking.
• If passed, the government would take back any money that was set aside for these enforcement activities but has not been spent yet.
• The bill also raises concerns about private companies making a profit from running detention centers, suggesting that these profit-driven models lead to a lack of accountability and potential waste of taxpayer money.

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