Generated Image Explainer:
This image is a tweet by Sabby Sabs (@SabbySabs2), posted on June 10, 2025, at 8:09 PM. The tweet states:
"BOTH PARTIES INCREASED FUNDING FOR ICE."
Below the tweet is a chart titled:
"Boosting ICE funding is bipartisan"
Chart Description:
- X-Axis (Years): 2016 to 2025
- Y-Axis (Funding Levels): Ranges from $2B to $10B
- Bars represent annual ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) funding, color-coded by the administration in power:
- Gray for pre-Trump (2016)
- Red for Trump administration budgets (2017–2021)
- Blue for Biden administration budgets (2022–2025)
Funding Breakdown by Year:
- 2016 (Gray): $6.2B
- 2017 (Gray): $6.8B
- 2018 (Red): $7.5B
- 2019 (Red): $8.1B
- 2020 (Red): $8.4B
- 2021 (Red): $8.4B
- 2022 (Blue): $8.9B
- 2023 (Blue): $9.1B
- 2024 (Blue): $9.9B
- 2025 (Blue): $10B
Notes at the Bottom:
- The FY25 budget was passed after Biden left office but continued the FY24 funding level.
- ICE spending rose by less than $50M.
- Figures are nominal (not adjusted for inflation).
- Data Source: CRS, P.L.119–4
- Chart created by Stephen Semler (stephensemler.com), made with Datawrapper.
Overall Message:
The image highlights that both Republican (Trump) and Democratic (Biden) administrations have steadily increased funding for ICE, implying bipartisan support for increased immigration enforcement spending.
