Funding for the Department of Homeland Security, and reducing ICE funding by $115 million?

Government Operations (e.g., Election Laws) Immigration National Security and Defense
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. (H.R. 7147)
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Bill Summary

This bill looks to appropriate funds to the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year 2026, as well as to the following departments: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations; Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; and Research, Development, Training, and Services. Most of the allocations in this bill relate to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, also known as ICE. Although this bill reduces funding for ICE operations by $115 million, the department will still receive a total of $10 billion, with plans to spend $400 million on detention and $370 million for enforcement and removal. Additionally, funding distributed under this bill will be subject to requirements and restrictions that the aforementioned government agencies must adhere to. Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole (Republican, Oklahoma, District 4)
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Opponents say

•      "On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 240 national civil and human rights advocacy organizations, I urge you to oppose the proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act for FY 2026… Over the past year, DHS’s operation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has spun completely out of control. ICE and CBP have become better known for trampling on laws – from the U.S. Constitution on down – than for enforcing them. DHS has jailed legal residents for simply speaking their minds. It sent hundreds of people to be tortured in an El Salvador prison. It breaks into homes without warrants. It violently targets people on the basis of race and ethnicity. It ignores court rulings. And it blocks you from meaningful oversight… In the midst of massive civil and human rights abuses, the FY 2026 DHS funding bill would give ICE even more funding in some areas, including $400 million more for detention and $370 million more for Enforcement and Removal Operations, than it got in FY 2025… Congress should not give DHS another dime of taxpayer money until ICE and CBP are overhauled and brought under control of Congress, the courts, and the Constitution." Source: Maya Wiley, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights


•      "I voted NO on H.R. 7147, the FY 2026 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, which would continue to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at outrageous levels and further enable the Trump Administration’s racist enforcement actions against immigrant communities across this country. This bill includes an additional $400 million more to ICE for detention and $370 million more for immigration enforcement activities compared to last fiscal year - --on top of an unprecedented $170 billion for immigration enforcement that was included in Republicans’ big cruel bill last July. More funding for DHS deepens our cruel system of mass detention and militarized policing that targets working families and communities of color. Simply put -– I cannot and will not continue to fund lawlessness or federal agencies that terrorize families in their own neighborhoods and criminalize people for seeking opportunity and refuge. What we’re witnessing is cruel, immoral, and completely at odds with the promise of the American dream." Source: Rep. Lateefah Simon (Democrat, California, District 12)


•      "Donald Trump promised the American people that his deportation policy would focus on violent felons who are in the country illegally. Instead, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has aggressively targeted American citizens and law-abiding immigrant families. Kristi Noem and ICE are out of control. Taxpayer dollars are being misused to brutalize U.S. citizens, including the tragic killing of Renee Nicole Good. This extremism must end. For weeks, Democrats have pushed House Republicans to adopt strong guardrails and accountability measures, including a judicial warrant requirement, prohibition on the detention and deportation of American citizens, use of excessive force restriction, enhanced training, body camera mandate and mask ban. These common sense measures are designed to ensure that ICE conducts itself like every other law enforcement agency in America. We have a broken immigration system that should be fixed in a comprehensive and bipartisan manner. Democrats fought for meaningful, reasonable and necessary reforms meant to protect everyday Americans and immigrant families from the administration’s reckless and violent tactics.  Unfortunately, House Republicans have rejected the effort to address the serious concerns raised by the American people about the lawless conduct by ICE. For this reason, we are voting No on the Homeland Security appropriations bill." Source: Rep. Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat, New York, District 8), House Democratic Leader; Rep. Katherine M. Clark (Democrat, Massachusetts, District 5), Democratic Whip; and Rep. Pete Aguilar (Democrat, California, District 33), Democratic Caucus Chair

Proponents say

•      "The fiscal year 2026 Homeland Security bill under consideration today furthers this Administration's goals of undoing the damage caused by the Biden border crisis. It funds the President's priorities, codifies DOGE reductions and efficiencies, and operationalizes border security and immigration enforcement investments from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. For example, this bill eliminates spending on soft-sided, processing tents used under the previous Administration – saving the American taxpayer $1.7 billion. We don't need to spend that money because our border is now secure… And we eliminate funding for the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman, which was an office led and staffed by people who fundamentally opposed ICE's mission to detain and remove dangerous criminal aliens from our communities… ICE will have more than $25 billion this year to execute every single aspect of the President's immigration enforcement agenda. In addition, this bill ensures that the other component within ICE-Homeland Security Investigations-has the tools and resources needed to protect the most vulnerable throughout our communities by strengthening human trafficking and forced labor investigations, and countering the deadly influx of fentanyl and other drugs we saw come across the border under the previous Administration." Source: Rep. Mark E. Amodei (Republican, Nevada, District 2), Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee


•      "ICE must be reined in. There must be accountability for the countless abuses, acts of violence, and lawless behavior we have seen on our streets. The bill takes several steps in the right direction, such as cutting ICE enforcement and removal operations and reducing the number of detention beds, but it does not include broader reforms Democrats proposed. I understand that many of my Democratic colleagues may be dissatisfied with any bill that funds ICE. I share their frustration with the out-of-control agency. I encourage my colleagues to review the bill and determine what is best for their constituents and communities. The Homeland Security funding bill is more than just ICE. If we allow a lapse in funding, TSA agents will be forced to work without pay, FEMA assistance could be delayed, and the U.S. Coast Guard will be adversely affected. All while ICE continues functioning without any change in their operations due to $75 billion it received in the One Big Beautiful Bill. A continuing resolution will jettison the guardrails we have secured while ceding authority to President Trump, Stephen Miller, and Secretary Noem." Source: Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat, Connecticut, District 3), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member

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