The American Immigration Council says that the FY 2025 budget reconciliation bill before the Senate deal will reportedly include at least $175 billion for immigration and border enforcement. It estimates that over the past 20 years, total annual spending for CPB and ICE had averaged $20 billion.

In October 2024 the Council estimated that mass deportation of approximately 13 million undocumented immigrants would cost at least $315 billion for a one-time operation, or $967.9 billion over a decade for a sustained effort deporting one million people annually.

The first year budget of the Trump Administration appears consistent with the Council’s forecast given it is a ramp-up year. The major cost increases per the Council will be massive expansion of detention facilities (DHS wants to increase capacity from 40,000 to 100,000) immigration courts (the great majority of affected persons will have right to court appeal)  and enforcement personnel (10s of thousands of new hires).