Law & LobbyingFederal spending file
Immigration enforcement
ICE, Border Patrol, detention, and immigration courts: money spent policing immigration, not helping immigrants.
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The government spent $42.6B on Immigration enforcement in 2025, which is 0.4% of all spending that year. Immigration enforcement outlays are up 82.1% from 2017. The linked lobbying register category is Law & Lobbying.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
$43B
Latest outlay
$0.42
Of each $100
+82%
Since FY2017
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