The Secure America Act appropriates approximately $69 billion in new federal spending for border security and immigration enforcement, available through fiscal year 2029. About $44 billion goes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for hiring and equipping agents, deportation transportation, information technology including body-worn cameras, detention facility maintenance, expanding state-local law enforcement partnerships under 287(g) agreements, and at least $350 million specifically to arrest immigration detainees in jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal detainer requests. An additional $22.5 billion goes to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for Border Patrol hiring, AI-powered border surveillance systems, biometric entry/exit data collection infrastructure, and drug and fentanyl interdiction equipment. A separate $108.5 million within the ICE appropriation funds child exploitation investigators and forensics analysts at the Victim Identification Laboratory.
Civil Liberties
- Biometric data collection at border crossings — funds expansion of mandatory entry/exit biometric system for border travelers
- Autonomous AI surveillance infrastructure at borders — $3.45B for AI/ML detection and tracking systems operating without continuous human control
Criminal Justice & Due Process
- ICE enforcement scope over pre-conviction individuals — "covered unlawful alien" definition includes those arrested or charged with non-traffic offenses, not only convicted
- State-local immigration enforcement partnerships — funds expansion of 287(g) agreements delegating federal enforcement authority to local agencies
Transparency & Accountability
- Body-worn cameras for ICE enforcement personnel — IT funding specifically includes cameras for enforcement operations
Congressional Summary
Secure America ActThis bill provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through FY2029 for immigration enforcement and related activities.It is known as a reconciliation bill and includes legislation submitted by certain congressional committees pursuant to provisions in the FY2026 congressional budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) that directed the committees to submit legislation to the House or Senate Budget Committee that will increase the deficit. (Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.)Specifically, the bill provides funding to CBP for personnel;border security, technology, and screening; andimmigration enforcement activities.The bill provides funding to ICE forpersonnel,Homeland Security Investigations,immigration enforcement activities,transportation,information technology,facility and fleet maintenance and sustainment,287(g) agreements (i.e., agreements that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to perform certain immigration enforcement functions),the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, operation and maintenance, andcertain arrests related to immigration enforcement.The bill also provides additional funding to DHS for (1) immigration enforcement, and (2) the participation of state and local agencies in certain homeland security efforts. The funding provided by this bill generally remains available through FY2029.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Passed Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-06-05
- Date Added
- 2026-06-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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