# OT:US Government Paying for Deportions/Arrests

**URL:** <https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-us-government-paying-for-deportions-arrests/126655>\
**Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-us-government-paying-for-deportions-arrests/126655 "2026-10-02T16:38:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![tjscott0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tjscott0/32/1083_2.png) [@tjscott0](https://discussion.fool.com/u/tjscott0)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-us-government-paying-for-deportions-arrests/126655/1 "2026-10-02T16:38:52Z")

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[https://www.wsj.com/us-news/immigration-arrests-police-trump-f0ca5253](https://www.wsj.com/us-news/immigration-arrests-police-trump-f0ca5253)  
**How Local Police Get Paid Big Money for Just a Few Immigration Arrests**

# **How Local Police Get Paid Big Money for Just a Few Immigration Arrests**

_Doddridge County Sheriff Clinton Boring committed his department to work on behalf of President Trump’s [deportation campaign](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/immigration-ice-arrests-surveillance-6f1cef64?mod=article_inline) in February, though he didn’t expect to see many immigrants, legal or not. He had his sights on new squad cars._

_“I honestly don’t think there are any Hispanics that live in Doddridge,” said Boring, whose [West Virginia](https://www.wsj.com/topics/place/west-virginia) jurisdiction has about 7,600 residents. Even so, he added, “When you get an opportunity to get possibly $100,000 for equipment or vehicles, that’s a no-brainer.”_

_The Venice Police Department in Venice, Fla., tallied one federal immigration detention in September 2025 and has since requested a total of $895,000. The department can continue collecting funds every quarter as long as it remains on the task force._

_The program is most profitable for large departments. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office in Florida signed up more than 970 deputies, making it eligible for roughly $14.5 million in DHS funds from April to June, state records show. That pencils out to more than $2 million for each of its seven immigration arrests in that quarter._

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**Author:** ![Goofyhoofy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/goofyhoofy/32/4721_2.png) [@Goofyhoofy](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Goofyhoofy)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/ot-us-government-paying-for-deportions-arrests/126655/2 "2026-10-02T21:09:58Z")

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They could do this so much cheaper. Just offer $50k to people who snitch on their gardener or cleaning service; I bet they’d be inundated with names.

And we could call the program the Stazi files or something similar. I bet a lot of people would sign up. Capitalist motivation and all that…