Provides billions in federal grants to states and localities specifically for border wall construction, surveillance to interdict unlawful entry, apprehending unlawfully present aliens, detaining and transporting aliens, and prosecuting immigration-related crimes, increasing state and local role in,
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Fund for grants to eligible States, State agencies, including National Guard units, and units of local government for any of the following purposes: (1) Construction or installation of a border wall, border fencing, or other barriers or buoys along the southern border of the United States
Funds state and local efforts to locate and apprehend unlawfully present aliens, investigate and prosecute crimes committed by aliens, counter gang activity tied to immigration, and perform border-related surveillance and barrier construction, expanding state/local immigration enforcement capacity.
Locating and apprehending aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States or have committed a crime under Federal, State, or local law.
Authorizes federal grants to states and localities for temporarily detaining aliens (including facility, personnel, and health costs) and transporting them in connection with apprehension and prosecution, increasing state/local detention and transport of migrants.
Temporarily detaining aliens, including costs related to facility operations, personnel, and health and safety related services. (6) Transporting aliens described in paragraph (1) to locations related to their apprehension, detention, and prosecution.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2025-05-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Filed
2025-05-15
Committee
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates two large federal grant funds (totaling $14.5B) expressly for state, local, and National Guard use on border barriers/walls, surveillance to interdict unlawful entry, apprehending and relocating unlawfully present aliens, detaining and transporting aliens, prosecuting alien-related and trafficking crimes, and related law-enforcement support, all of which expand state and local immigration enforcement activities.