Immigration
State Border Security Assistance Act
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- President
- Law
- Introduced
- May 15, 2025
- Sponsor
- · R–TX
- Recorded roll calls
- None recorded
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
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The bill would establish a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund in the Department of Homeland Security and a State Criminal Alien Prosecution and Detention Fund in the Department of Justice. It would appropriate $11 billion to the first fund and $3.5 billion to the second in fiscal year 2025, with amounts available until September 30, 2034, for specified grants and expenses, including barriers, surveillance, apprehension, prosecution, detention, and transportation. Grants could cover eligible completed, ongoing, or new activities occurring on or after January 20, 2021; each fund would terminate January 20, 2029, with unobligated amounts returned to the Treasury for deficit reduction.
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