Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press

WASHINGTON  — A ballooning Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget. Hiring bonuses of $50,000. Swelling ranks of ICE officers, to 22,000, in an expanding national force bigger than most police departments in America.

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without funding from the big tax and spending cuts bill passed by Republicans in Congress,...