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Rep Adam Smith: Trump has created a personal police force at the Department of Homeland Security. It's not subtle. In last year's reconciliation bill, Republicans pumped $190 billion into DHS. Their yearly budget is about $60 billion. That's three times as much money. And we're seeing the results. ICE agents across the country are acting like a paramilitary force carrying out Trump's agenda. This is what we're up against. Democracy doesn't survive when the executive branch has its own military apparatus.