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Bush Asks for 13% Increase in ICE Budget, Funds to Combat Cyber Crime

By Brian Orsak

The Bush Administration is asking $5.6 billion for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including budget increases to combat cyber crime, a growing niche of money laundering. The request is part of a record $3.1 trillion federal government budget proposal for fiscal 2009 that would scale down or eliminate 151 governmental programs. ICE, which was formed in 2003 as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is the largest arm of the department. The proposed ICE budget, released Monday, represents a 13 percent increase from fiscal 2008, which called for increased funds for a bulk cash smuggling center...

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