Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The federal government spends more money on immigrant enforcement than all other law enforcement agencies combined, the Huffington Post reports.
The U.S. spent nearly $18 billion in the 2012 fiscal year on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and US-Visit, an effort to help local authorities identify undocumented immigrants, the Huffington Post wrote.
That’s compared to $14.4 billion spent on the federal governments other prime law enforcement agencies – the FBI, DEA, Secret Services, U.S. Marshal Service and ATF, according to the Huffington Post.
It’s no surprise because ICE and CBP handled more suspects than the other agencies combined.
The federal government’s focus on immigration enforcement has increased steadily since the mid-1980s.
