Matt Hall - Michigan House Speaker

TRUMP SUGGESTS BORDER SECURITY CRACKDOWN IS 'SAVING A LOT OF MONEY'

President Donald Trump praised the billions of dollars in border security and immigration efforts included in the so-called "big, beautiful bill" he signed into law last week — though he suggested the administration may not need to spend as much on enforcement efforts there as previously thought. Among other things, the law includes $45 billion for the construction of new immigration detention centers, and roughly $30 billion in spending to fund Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations — including new spending on transportation, for the maintenance of ICE facilities and to support the hiring of an estimated 10,000 additional deportation officers. The president added that his administration's border crackdown could allow them to further trim spending at the border, reiterating an earlier claim that "zero" migrants entered the U.S. last month. Since taking office in January, Trump has embraced an aggressive immigration agenda, prioritizing border security efforts, massively expanding ICE raids, quickly deporting certain migrants, and attempting to end birthright citizenship protections for migrants born in the U.S. by way of executive order, among other things.

Republican Speaker of the Michigan House of Representative, MICHGAN HOUSE SPEAKER MATT HALL