An Overview
Trump & Kristi Noem’s ICE – A Sample of Revolting Things
Read the full receipts below
- An ICE salary is over $130k PLUS a $50k signing bonus
- ICE has a $172 billion budget – more than every other law agency combined
- ICE went almost $1 billion OVER budget in 2025
- Only 5% of people booked by ICE had violent criminal convictions
- ICE has held more than 68,400 people as of December 2025
- ICE contracted for over $1 million each with bounty hunter companies
- ICE has deported US Veterans and US Citizens
- ICE is violent, killing people and illegally sending people to CECOT in El Salvador
- ICE created Alligator Alcatraz, an illegal concentration camp
- ICE is tracking all of us on social media, awarding 1 billion for surveillance on us
- FBI is investigating "anti-ICE" social media activity as Domestic Terrorism
The Receipts
ICE agents earn over $130,000 salaries plus $50,000 signing bonuses
According to reporting by Yahoo News, ICE has offered six-figure salaries and $50,000 signing bonuses to rapidly expand enforcement amid mass deportation efforts. See their own ad on the official ICE website.
ICE has a $172 billion budget – That’s more than every other federal law enforcement agency combined
Analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice and Represent Us shows ICE’s funding now eclipses all other federal law enforcement budgets, fueling what critics call a deportation industrial complex.
ICE (still!) went nearly $1 billion over budget in 2025
Axios reports that ICE exceeded its annual budget by almost $1 billion as detention, transport, and enforcement costs spiraled out of control.
Only 5% of people booked by ICE had violent criminal convictions
Research cited by the Cato Institute found that just 5% of ICE detainees had violent convictions, while the vast majority had nonviolent or no criminal records at all.
ICE detained more than 68,400 people by December 2025
Data compiled by the Vera Institute of Justice shows immigration detention reached a record high, with tens of thousands held in facilities nationwide.
ICE paid over $1 million each to private bounty hunter companies
An investigation by The Intercept revealed ICE contracts exceeding $1 million per firm to private bounty hunter-style surveillance and tracking companies.
ICE has deported U.S. veterans and U.S. citizens
Legal filings and reporting from the Institute for Justice document cases where ICE unlawfully detained and deported American citizens, including military veterans like Iraq War veteran George Retes.
ICE has escalated violence, including killings and illegal transfers to CECOT in El Salvador
Reporting by NPR details increasingly violent ICE tactics, including deaths during encounters and unlawful transfers of detainees to El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison, like with Kilmar Abrego-Garcia.
ICE created “Alligator Alcatraz,” an illegal detention camp in Florida
The American Civil Liberties Union reports that ICE helped operate a secretive Florida detention center widely criticized as unconstitutional and inhumane.
ICE is spending $1 billion to surveil the public via social media and phone data
According to Politico, ICE has awarded massive surveillance contracts enabling the tracking of hundreds of millions of people’s online activity and location data. You can read even more on it at 404 Media.
The FBI is investigating “anti-ICE” social media activity as domestic terrorism
Reporting by The Guardian shows federal authorities are treating online opposition to ICE as potential domestic terrorism, dramatically expanding the scope of political surveillance.
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