Here's some other US federal agencies that also have annual budgets bigger than most of the world's militaries: - Food and Nutrition Service (USDA) (~$142B)

Here's some other US federal agencies that also have annual budgets bigger than most of the world's militaries: - Food and Nutrition Service (USDA) (~$142B) - NIH (~$47B) - Tenant-Based Rental Assistance / Housing Choice Vouchers (HUD) (~$36B) - Pell Grant Program (~$34.5B) - Federal Highway Administration (DOT) (~$62.8B) - Environmental Protection Agency (~$41B, might be out of date) - Department of Energy (~$58B) - Department of State (~$58B) - Department of Housing and Urban Development (~$62B) - Department of Labor (~$98B) Of course, none of those are ICE. What’s more interesting is that ICE’s budget jumped from $8B to ~$37B—a nearly five-fold increase. That should be the headline. Comparing it to national militaries is a bit silly IMHO, since as the world’s largest economy the US federal government spends heavily across almost every sector.