$18 Billion for ICE: Building the Architecture of Fear

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  $18 Billion for ICE: Building the Architecture of Fear

Prepared For: Fixing 1 America Oversight Committee
Date: June 2025

Executive Summary:
The $18 billion allocation to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) represents a profound and troubling expansion of domestic surveillance and enforcement infrastructure, carried out under the guise of immigration control. This memo outlines how these funds are being used not to support humane, lawful immigration policy—but rather to construct a state apparatus increasingly modeled on historical regimes of terror. This appropriation arrives in tandem with intensifying rhetoric around mass deportation, dissent suppression, and the internment of marginalized groups.

Key Allocations & Uses:

  1. Detention Network Expansion

    • Construction and refurbishment of isolated, minimally regulated detention facilities.

    • Increased reliance on private prison contractors including GEO Group and CoreCivic.

    • Extended detention durations with reduced oversight and deteriorating standards of care.

  2. Advanced Surveillance Technologies

    • Procurement of data systems and analytics tools from Palantir, Deloitte, and Raytheon.

    • Implementation of automated facial recognition, license plate scanning, and mobile phone data scraping.

    • Mobile surveillance unit deployment in sanctuary jurisdictions.

  3. Militarized Enforcement Apparatus

    • Enhanced tactical equipment and rapid transport capacity for ICE field teams.

    • Coordinated raids in sensitive spaces such as hospitals, schools, and houses of worship.

    • Integration with National Guard for rapid-response operations in emergency zones.

  4. Domestic Suppression Infrastructure

    • Expansion of ICE-led fusion centers and predictive policing coordination with local agencies.

    • Federal funding for counter-resistance targeting programs.

    • Use of media and state-sponsored messaging to normalize indefinite detention and deportation practices.

  5. Elimination of Due Process Protections

    • Acceleration of expedited removal proceedings without judicial review.

    • Zero investment in legal representation for civil detainees.

    • Use of warrantless tracking systems and biometric databases.

Moral & Strategic Implications:

  • Codification of poverty and migration as criminal behavior.

  • Suppression of lawful protest, sanctuary efforts, and civil rights advocacy.

  • Transfer of billions in taxpayer funds to programs that isolate, surveil, and traumatize communities.

This funding framework undermines core democratic values and institutional integrity. ICE, originally designed as a regulatory enforcement body, is now functioning as a federalized instrument of fear and population control.

Call to Action:
Fixing 1 America calls for the following immediate responses:

  • Reallocate ICE discretionary funding toward community-based services in housing, health care, and legal access.

  • Establish independent oversight panels for ICE detention, data collection, and surveillance programs.

  • Mandate public transparency regarding ICE contractors, vendors, and subcontracted technologies.

  • Introduce legislation codifying due process rights for all civil detainees, including representation and judicial review.

The architecture of fear must be dismantled before it becomes permanent. Let history not repeat itself in silence.

End of Memo

Select Bibliography:

  • Human Rights Watch (2024). Systemic Abuse in U.S. Immigration Detention.

  • American Immigration Council (2023). The Cost of ICE: Fiscal and Human Impacts.

  • ACLU (2025). Predictive Policing, Fusion Centers, and Civil Liberties.

  • DHS Office of Inspector General Reports (2022–2025).

  • Congressional Research Service (CRS). Oversight of Detention Practices in Civil Immigration Enforcement (2024).

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