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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.Section 5 › Proposal

Monthly estimates of people detained and removed

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

Monthly estimates of people detained and removed

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of Homeland SecurityHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“develop estimates of the number of individuals anticipated to be detained in and removed from the United States.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

Section 538(a). From enactment, the Secretary must produce monthly estimates of how many people are expected to be detained in and removed from the United States. As with the border estimates, subsection (b) requires them to cover two fiscal years, to break out single adults and family units, to undergo independent validation and verification, and to appear in the budget materials sent to Congress, and subsection (c) requires them to be shared with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and both Appropriations Committees.

What the document actually says

“develop estimates of the number of individuals anticipated to be detained in and removed from the United States.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

The Secretary must also guess how many people will be held and sent home.

What this is about

This estimate is made each month, like the border one. It splits out adults and families. Budget asks must line up with it.

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