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Trump Signs Secure America Act Providing About $70 Billion to ICE and CBP

The law supplies multi-year, lump-sum funding that expands hiring and detention capacity and raises persistent concerns about oversight and enforcement.

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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 09: Protesters gather outside the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 09, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The city of Newark has lifted a curfew, allowing protestors to gather again in front of Delaney Hall. Despite the police taking over security outside, the nightly protests have continued and come amid reports of poor living conditions inside the facility for the detainees who are on a hunger and labor strike. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump signs the "Secure America Act" in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026. The bill provides around $38 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), $26 billion for Border Patrol and another $5 billion for unforeseen costs, effectively ensuring a steady flow of money for Trump's deportation agenda through fiscal 2029. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images)
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 08: ICE agents confront protesters as they gather outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall where ICE is housing detained immigrants on June 8, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey. The city of Newark has lifted a curfew, allowing protestors to gather again in front of Delaney Hall. Despite the police taking over security outside, the nightly protests have continued and come amid reports of poor living conditions inside the facility for the detainees. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Overview

  • President Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act into law, delivering roughly $70 billion in multi-year funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  • Congress advanced the package through budget reconciliation with narrow party-line votes in the House and a 52-47 Senate margin, a process that limits routine congressional oversight of the money.
  • The law allocates large hiring and detention resources, including billions for ICE agents, attorneys and investigators and for additional Border Patrol personnel, which supporters say will strengthen enforcement operations.
  • Immigrant advocates, Catholic leaders and civil-rights groups say the bill contains no meaningful guardrails—pointing to the lack of limits on family separations, warrant requirements for home entries, or independent oversight.
  • A contested $1.8 billion settlement item tied to litigation and the DOJ Judgment Fund remains legally and politically unresolved, and DHS officials and enforcement backers have signaled stepped-up operations in some cities as protests and local opposition continue.