The executive branch is allowed to move money appropriated by Congress from one agency to another within a department, and this Trump administration would not be the first to do so in order to make up for an ICE budget shortfall.

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.

The Trump Administration could start pulling money from the TSA and Coast Guard. Immigration Customs Enforcement needs more money to meet President Trump’s deportation goals. According to NBC News – ICE is facing a budget shortfall.

Trump fired some top officials and ended DEI programs, but experts say it’s unlikely those actions affected the operations of the aircraft

Two sources familiar with the plan told NBC News the Trump administration is considering pulling funding from TSA and redirecting it to ICE.

Trump administration scrambling for more ICE funds as agency targets more than 1,200 arrests a day - Anadolu Ajansı

The average cost to ICE to deport a single person during the Biden administration was about $10,500, sources told NBC News.

Democratic California Rep. Norma Torres is doubling down on holding President Donald Trump responsible for contributing to the fatal aircraft

One widely shared claim was that Trump fired 3,000 air traffic controllers shortly after taking office for his second term. One post alone (archived) making this claim had received more than 2.7 million views and 25,

To carry out its mass deportation plans, the government is also considering redirecting money from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

The Coast Guard started flying migrants to states along the border on Saturday. The Air Force is assigned to fly them out of the country.

The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Verizon Business an 8-year Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order worth up to $66 million over the life of the contract. Under this agreement, Verizon will provide Wi-Fi,