Trump 2nd administration: The gang that couldn’t shoot straight (except when shooting protesters and other innocent victims of GOP nativism)

 

Headline:  Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 9/24/2026, 

Ariana Figueroa reports:

As the second Trump administration aims to deport 1 million immigrants a year, DHS has rapidly increased the numbers of people in immigration detention after congressional Republicans last year approved roughly $175 billion for immigration enforcement. 

“As ICE spends the unprecedented multi-year detention funding provided by (the One Big Beautiful Act) and the Secure America Act, it is critical that the agency uses these taxpayer dollars efficiently and effectively,” according to the report by the watchdog agency. “In the absence of a comprehensive strategic plan to guide detention expansion, ICE has wasted funds on unsuccessful detention initiatives and lacks important information about the long-term affordability of its investments.” [emphasis added]

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Please give a warm welcome to our next speaker:  Donald Trump.  (9/26/2015)