President Signs Secure America Act, Locking in $69.5 Billion for DHS Through 2029

The president on Wednesday signed S. 2, the Secure America Act, putting into law roughly $69.5 billion in multiyear funding for the Department of Homeland Security and its immigration-related operations through Sept. 30, 2029.

The White House announced the signing June 10, saying the measure “provides funding to the Department of Homeland security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Customs Enforcement through Fiscal Year 2029 for immigration enforcement and related activities.” With the president’s signature, the money is no longer a proposal moving through Congress. Under the bill text, the appropriations are made “for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until September 30, 2029,” giving the agencies access to funding over multiple years rather than under a standard one-year spending law.

Across seven sections, the law provides about $69.545 billion in new appropriations. The largest share, $31.075 billion, goes to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for immigration-enforcement functions under Section 202. Another $13.02 billion goes to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for immigration-enforcement activities under Section 201. The law also includes $9.55 billion for CBP personnel and support for functions other than immigration and customs enforcement, $7.45 billion for Homeland Security Investigations and ICE mission support for functions other than immigration enforcement, and $3.45 billion for CBP border security, technology and screening. Two additional DHS appropriations of $2.5 billion each are included in Sections 104 and 203. The spending is heavily focused on enforcement, but not all of it is for direct immigration enforcement; some sections expressly fund other agency functions.

The law also sets conditions on how some of that money can be used. It expands funding for ICE’s 287(g) program, which coordinates immigration enforcement with state and local authorities. It bars the purchase or deployment of certain surveillance towers that have not been tested and accepted by CBP to provide autonomous capabilities. Within Section 202, the law directs that at least $350 million be used for operations to arrest certain “covered unlawful aliens.” Section 102 also includes $108.5 million for additional child-exploitation investigators and computer forensics analysts.

S. 2 moved through Congress as a reconciliation bill, a budget process that lets the Senate advance fiscal legislation under limited procedural hurdles. The bill header says it was written “to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 33.” The Senate passed the measure June 5, according to the bill text, and the House passed it afterward before sending it to the president. The multiyear funding lock-in follows months of conflict over DHS spending earlier this year, including a partial DHS shutdown that began Feb. 14, making the new through-2029 funding a significant shift from the agency’s earlier uncertainty.