The week ended with new enforcement reporting limits, a major immigration funding bill, and stronger-than-expected hiring.
Dante Belcher
June 8, 2026
Trump’s 72nd week ended with updates to immigration and the economy. This comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it would stop reporting the deaths of recently released detainees, raising concerns as the Senate passed a $70 billion bill funding the agency. Meanwhile, as the trade war and economic uncertainty continue, hiring increased in May despite inflation stemming from the Iran War.
Immigration and Economy
As anti-immigrant sentiment continues, ICE is ending its policy of reporting the deaths of recently released detainees, raising implications as 50 people have died in ICE custody throughout Trump’s second term, with 18 this year alone.
“Under this updated policy, when an individual is no longer in ICE custody, then ICE will no longer be responsible for monitoring or reviewing deaths that may occur,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrote on X, calling it “common sense.”
“ICE is not responsible when an individual passes away weeks after leaving their custody.”
This comes as the Senate passed a $70 billion funding bill that funds immigration enforcement, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune calling it a “simple bill.”
“It will do nothing more than fund Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for three years … because Democrats have refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security or immigration law enforcement,” he said.
Meanwhile, the economy added 172,000 jobs, 70,000 of them in leisure and hospitality, in May, raising implications as the war in Iran continues.
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