mintiefresh@lemmy.ca to AOC@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoICE will keep getting worselemmy.caimagemessage-square247linkfedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1imageICE will keep getting worselemmy.camintiefresh@lemmy.ca to AOC@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square247linkfedilink
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 month agoamong the 5 US militaries, ICE is bigger than two of them combined: US NAVY: $292B USAF: $249.5B US Army: $179.4B ICE: $75B US marines: $57.2B US Coast Guard: $14.5 B
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoMarines are supposed to be underfunded, they make do with less. They also pass their audits, unlike literally everyone else.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 month agostill, having a secret police with a budget greater than practically every nation’s military is a dystopian nightmare
minus-squareMDCCCLV@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThere’s a caveat that money doesn’t equal effectiveness and mass hiring a bunch of randos isn’t gonna get you the best people.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agostill. no doubt some contractors who kissed Trump’s arse are going to supply ICE with 1000$ toilet paper rolls. but even then, it’s a massive budget for what is basically a secret unidentified police.
among the 5 US militaries, ICE is bigger than two of them combined:
US NAVY: $292B
USAF: $249.5B
US Army: $179.4B
ICE: $75B
US marines: $57.2B
US Coast Guard: $14.5 B
Marines are supposed to be underfunded, they make do with less. They also pass their audits, unlike literally everyone else.
still, having a secret police with a budget greater than practically every nation’s military is a dystopian nightmare
There’s a caveat that money doesn’t equal effectiveness and mass hiring a bunch of randos isn’t gonna get you the best people.
still.
no doubt some contractors who kissed Trump’s arse are going to supply ICE with 1000$ toilet paper rolls.
but even then, it’s a massive budget for what is basically a secret unidentified police.