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25 Years After 9/11: Department of Homeland Security Has Cost Taxpayers Trillions

  • The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a budget of about $31 billion in its first full year of operation.
  • Congress has appropriated about $1.6 trillion to the Department from 2003 through 2026, including discretionary funding and other accounts.
  • Much of the Department's funding is unrelated to terrorism, despite its origins after the deadliest terrorist attack.
  • The Department has become a permanent, trillion-dollar enterprise affecting nearly every corner of national life.
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25 years after 9/11: Department of Homeland Security has cost taxpayers trillions

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had a budget of about $31 billion in its first full year of operation. For 2027, the Trump administration wants $118 billion.

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