$2 Billion in Pentagon Funds Said to Go to Anti-Immigrant Operations NYT | Top Stories By: John Ismay 11 December 2025 at 05:54 Democratic lawmakers said in a report that shifting Defense Department funding to support the Trump administration’s immigration agenda has hurt military readiness. © Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York TimesAn Army soldier overlooking the border between the United States and Mexico near Santa Teresa, N.M., in April.