Enforcement Funding in Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill”

The final text of the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1) includes $170 BILLION for immigration enforcement, including:

Over $130 billion in border and detention funding from the Homeland Security Committee

Provisions include:

• $46.5 BILLION for the border wall
• $855 Million for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicles
• $4.1 BILLION for hiring border patrol
• $2 BILLION for retention bonuses for border patrol
• $5 BILLION for facilities
• $45 BILLION for detention capacity
• $6.1 BILLION for border technology and screening
• $10 BILLION to reimburse states in grant funding to reimburse states for border security
• $10 BILLION for additional border security

Over $40 billion from the Judiciary Committee

Provisions include:

• $2 BILLION for additional Custom and Border Protection (CBP) Agents, transportation and expedited removal
• $29.8 BILLION for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hire more officers and provide the funds needed to deport a record number of illegal aliens, including:
  • Transportation costs for removal operations
  • Facility upgrades
  • Fleet modernization
  • §287(g) agreements for state and local law enforcement participation
  • Hiring and training additional staff at ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office; and
  • Hiring and training Office of the Principal Legal Advisor attorneys and staff.
• $750 Million for ICE law enforcement training facility
• $3.32 BILLION for hiring immigration judges
• $3.5 BILLION to reimburse states for costs to apprehend and detain illegal aliens

An additional $1 BILLION for border security from the Armed Services Committee

The Senate provisions are similar to those of the version the House passed in May, which contained $150 BILLION in enforcement funding.