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ICE warns of funding shortfall as removals surge, asks Congress for resources
Summary
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security that the agency faces near-term funding risks, needs more detention capacity and transport resources to meet increased removals, and is working with Congress to avoid an anti‑deficiency act violation.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on May 14 that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces a near‑term funding crunch and needs more detention, legal and transportation resources to sustain a sharp rise in removals.
Lyons said ICE has arrested more than 88,000 people so far in 2025 — a 39% increase from the same period in fiscal 2024 — and asked lawmakers for budget authority to support higher operational tempo. “We hold to remove,” Lyons said, describing detention as a means to effect removals rather than punitive confinement.
The request matters because, Lyons and several members told the committee, the agency is roughly two months…
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