The ramifications of President Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending law are starting to play out.

That includes cuts to several federal programs while significantly increasing spending in other areas like immigration enforcement.

Stephanie Sy has more.

That's right. Specifically, the bill allocates $170 billion toward immigration enforcement, including a 265%

increase in the national immigration detention budget, which will be used to double bed capacity,

largely through private detention facilities. Currently, ICE is detaining more than 56,000

immigrants around the country.

Joining us to discuss the potential impact of these changes is Jamiles Larte, a staff

writer who has been reporting on this story for the Marshall Project, a news organization

focused on criminal justice.

Jamiles, thanks for joining the News Hour.

So $45 billion in taxpayer dollars going to building more immigration detention facilities.

Mind you, most of these detainees have not had any criminal convictions.

What's the impact of that kind of investment?

Yeah, I mean, so the one big beautiful bill act is a budget authorization. And there are still

appropriations and procurement processes that have to come in terms of how that money spent.

So when you look at this, you know, colossal sticker price, I don't think we can confidently

say what the impact is yet. It's only been a few weeks. With that being said, the intended

impact is quite clear.

And that includes more than doubling the immigration detention bed space in the country from about 40,000 to over 100,000.

That includes the administration moving forward with contracts on massive tent complexes at places like Fort Bliss and Texas,

opening previously shuttered facilities. And that includes funding to entice and coerce local officials to

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