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DHS credits 'big beautiful bill' for detention bed expansion, calls for hiring of thousands of enforcement officers
Summary
At a DHS briefing, Tricia McLaughlin said recent legislation—the administration’s repeated shorthand 'big beautiful bill'—provides funding for more detention beds and hiring of enforcement officers; she also referenced planned bonuses and an asserted rise in assaults on officers.
Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said funding from what she called the “big, beautiful bill” is enabling the department to expand detention bed space and increase staffing for immigration enforcement.
McLaughlin said the funding “has been so essential in getting us the…
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