Trump’s tax bill funds $6bn expansion of US-Mexico border surveillance, report finds
by Johana Bhuiyan from US news | The Guardian on (#6YNMS)
The spending is not about safety': rights groups concerned as funding for data centralization increases
Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill will finance a vast expansion of surveillance along the US-Mexico border, according to a new report.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) will give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - where US immigration agencies are housed - an unprecedented injection of $165bn in additional funding over the next four years. It's welcome news for the surveillance and defense tech industries that have been racing to cash in on the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
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