now for our what in the world segment. during his address to the joint session of congress last tuesday, president trump reiterated that immigration reform would be at the core of his domestic policy. by finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars and make our communities safer for everyone. i was intrigued by the president s assertion that his policy would be an economic boon to america. so we took a closer look following in the footstep os a powerful editorial in the new york times. let s just take the budgets of the border patrol and immigration and customs enforcement agency or i.c.e. according to a report from the american immigration council, the combined budgets have ballooned from $9.2 billion in 2003 to $19.3 billion in 2016.
happen in the three states we are looking. like if you get in the airplan, you don t want the evidence the airplane has a problem and you have a back-up system. she will ask for a recount in michigan on wednesday. the holiday shopping season is off to a hot start. cyber monday surpasses black friday for the biggest sales day ever. americans spent $3.4 billion. up 10% from last year. $1.2 billion spent on mobile devic devices. americans dropped a cool $9.3 billion over the weekend. that s enough money to take every person in the u.s. out to dinner. with appetizers? yes. not a lot of drinks. toys for kids.
he said i don t believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people. grover norquist is tearing into bush for his refusal to sign the pledge. jeb bush won t put it in writing and won t say it. at some point you have to ask him what taxes do you plan to raise? why would you not reform spending? those are questions that jeb bush will have to answer if he is going to run for president. reporter: bush does answer with his record as governor of florida which stands as the real testament to his record as a tax cutter and fiscal measure. he cut $19.3 billion in taxes with tax cuts every year during his eight years as governor. that, while growing the state s reserve to $9 billion from just one billion when he first took office. so that is really no small accomplishment in a state with no state income tax. norquist s response to that trace, is that it happened during a period of strong growth in the economy. trace: what about bush s other conservative credentials? he is often c
a tax on investments. so when jeb was governor of florida, he did a tremendous job of reducing the size of state government and of keeping taxes and rolling back taxes. bush cut $9.3 billion in taxes over eight years while growing the state s reserves to 9 billion, up from 1 billion when he took office. that in a state with no state income tax. while bush has been criticized for his poor education standards and immigration reform his record as a social conservative are impeccable even supporting florida s stand your ground law. he is pulling well in a diverse state. jeb bush is probably the most popular governor in the history of the state of florida. still bush today declined an investigation from steve king and immigration hardliner to speak at the iowa free summit in january.
against the city employees were part of the agreement, although today it did not preclude them from making them in the future. as for the deal, the stock rose in a better than anticipated quarter. the bank made a $9.3 billion profit for the quarter. today s deal and the $13 billion agreement reached with j.p. morgan chase in november would appear to be evidence that the doj is finally taking big banks to task for their misconduct. city is not the first financial institution to be held accountable by this justice department and it certainly will not be the last. next in the doj s cross-hairs, goldman sachs, wells fargo and bank of america, whose lengthy, lengthy list of wrongdoings is expected to result in a much higher fine than that of j.p. morgan or citigroup. and righteous bully or