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Slate: A Former ICE Official Is Worried the Agency Is About to Go on a Spree of Hiring Proud Boys

ICE just received a staggering $29.9 billion from President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, tripling its budget while dismantling the very oversight designed to prevent abuse.

As part of its mass deportation agenda, the Trump administration eliminated key DHS oversight offices until a lawsuit filed by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights forced them to remain open. Still, the agencies remain hollowed out and filled with Trump-aligned loyalists, while plans to hire 10,000 new ICE agents move forward. As Slate reports, with accountability stripped away, the threat to civil liberties has never been greater.

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New year, new us. Same mission.

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is rebranding to honor the legacy of our founder and hero, Mrs. Ethel Skakel Kennedy. From now on, we will proudly be known as the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center

While our name is changing, our mission and work remain the same. We will continue to fight injustice, advance human rights, and hold governments accountable around the world in 2026 and beyond.